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Lex Luthor · 2004-03-29 08:26:09

I cut a branch from a tree in my garden last week that had to go cos it was dangerously hanging over into the neighbours. Brack was about 3" diameter where I cut it. It seems to be dripping sap since then. Is this ok and will it stop or do I have to treat it?

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29-03-2004 9:26am

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Lex Luthor

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I cut a branch from a tree in my garden last week that had to go cos it was dangerously hanging over into the neighbours. Brack was about 3" diameter where I cut it. It seems to be dripping sap since then. Is this ok and will it stop or do I have to treat it?

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#2 29-03-2004 1:30pm
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should be ok, sap on trees acts in the same way as scabs on broken skin,they protect the wound from infection.

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#3 29-03-2004 8:07pm
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Sap is the tree's equivalent of blood. You cut it, it's bleeding. You might want to treat it if you don't want a branch to regrow to what it was.

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