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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI planted 10 black walnut trees with about 3/8 inches stem (trunk) thickness. Before I could fence them from deer, they chewed off and mashed the central stem bud of two trees. The question I have is should I prune the stem below the chewed/mashed central stem, or just leave it that way? And should I do the same if it were a oak or maple tree?
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1 Comment To "To Prune or Not"
#1 Comment By AnnsGreeneHaus On 05/21/2013 @ 7:36 am
If they were mine, I’d prune the damage just above a node. This way a new branch will emerge with a clean wound above it. I would stake the young tree now, so you can bind the new branch to function as the new “leader”. Use a stretchy, non-binding product such as an elastic waistband or pantyhose. As the tree grows, it will be more straight. I would do the same for either oak or maple.