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My tree has been wounded 😥 How do I help my tree?

  • The tree still looks healthy, it was struck by lightning a while ago and recovered from the huge vertical crack in the bark.

    I think this was caused by a woodpecker or squirrel and got concerned because the damage is more horizontal. Google made it sound like that earwigs were a sign that it was a goner, but hearing that your river birch survived all that makes me feel less worried now.

    ❤️🌳

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    My tree has been wounded 😥 How do I help my tree?

  • Thank you, that makes me more hopeful for it 🥺🌳

    Invasive species have wrecked the other tree species here, the rest of the tree still looks fairly healthy and I'm hoping the earwigs are just incidental and not a sign that its dying

    • askchapo @hexbear.net improve9029 [none/use name] @hexbear.net
    My tree has been wounded 😥 How do I help my tree?

    I think some kind of animal got to it or kids have been peeling the bark, I love this tree is there any way I can heal it or save it? 🥺

    The wound is pretty tall for a bridge graft but I can try doing one (idk if those would work on this kind of tree?) I don't know if those paint on pruning sealants are harmful but that was going to be my first option.

    There are earwigs in the peeling area of the wound 😟

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