treating wounds after pruning?

[skaldyr]

what can be used to treat wounds when pruning the plants.

I used had the problem the about 0.5cm of the branches that were pruned became dry and wilted. This was okay untill they were put in the green house after overwintering. the dried  ends became growing grounds to gray mold.

Could normal wound treatment products for trees(fruittrees) be used to seal up the cuts?

Bees wax dosnt stop fungus.

[Fatalii]

Yes you can use any salves meant to heal tree wounds. they work perfectly!

You can find them in gardening stores and in larger markets.

[skaldyr]

I just found a artikel in a magazine that test 15 different salves and out them there was two that didnt do more harm than good. and the two had no real effect. Maybe i should use bees wax after all? i have used clonex before but it dosnt seal properly.

[Fatalii]

Can you post the article here, that would be interesting.

[skaldyr]

I dont have the magazine and it was in danish.

In the danish wikipedia it says that if thet treatment is done within a few minutes after the cut it can have some effect. but it dosnt say what product they are talking about.

im still leaning towards bees wax atleast it is not toxic.

[bittipippuri]

Hmm.. another idea, could stearine (candlewax) work? It's non toxic and would likely make a good seal. Just wondering as I wouldn't want to go and buy something, which I likely won't need all that much and all that often.

[Fatalii]

I guess no one has tried it just yet...

I'm using this one:


One of the reasons is that the color is good.
Seems to work nicely.