{"id":208035,"date":"2024-02-25T10:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T10:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/painting-a-trees-pruning-wounds-may-be-useful-after-all\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:36","slug":"painting-a-trees-pruning-wounds-may-be-useful-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/painting-a-trees-pruning-wounds-may-be-useful-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting a tree’s pruning wounds may be useful after all"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IF YOU are a regular reader, you will know of my weird fascination with traditional horticultural practices that endure for decades despite being resoundingly debunked by science. In this article, however, I wanted to explore what might turn out to be a surprising bit of irony. Prepare to get meta\u2026<\/p>\n

For well over 400 years, standard horticultural advice<\/a> was to paint the pruning wounds of tree branches and trunks with various concoctions, in the belief that this would prevent infection and promote healing.<\/p>\n

However, as long ago as 1915<\/a>, scientists began to ask whether contemporary preparations of white lead,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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