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12-05-2009, 10:34 AM
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| | | Healing tree graffiti
Post from a VERY ANGRY person!
Some mindless idiots have carved their names into some beautiful old beech trees near me!!. They have carved in block capitals - each letter about 4-5 inches high and the strips of bark have been cut an inch wide.
Doesnt it just make you spit!
Is there any way I can help speed up the healing process here? Could I paint something onto the cut, or tape something over it? It looks awful and I am worried about infections getting in.
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13-05-2009, 03:56 PM
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| | | Re: Healing tree graffiti
Sounds scarred for life I'm afraid, I wouldn't cover the wound in tape as this may create a warm & damp environment for a disease. The tree will just do its own form of healing.
On a similar note, my brothers got a wonderfull photo of two people declaring their love for each other in tree graffiti and it's dated 1943, makes you wonder about the couple and if the chap went off to war and ever came back...a bit of social history unsightly at the time but not any more, then again that's because of the context
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13-05-2009, 10:58 PM
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| | | Re: Healing tree graffiti
What about a thin covering of wax, like that used for grafts? It would gradually wear away but protect for a period. |
13-05-2009, 11:11 PM
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| | | Re: Healing tree graffiti
It will be there until the tree dies, there are trees in my area with carvings going back to the 20s. It's probably been going on since there were trees. 
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13-05-2009, 11:44 PM
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| | | Re: Healing tree graffiti
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Originally Posted by ron1863  It will be there until the tree dies, there are trees in my area with carvings going back to the 20s. It's probably been going on since there were trees. | Probably right about Ron and Beeches seem to be to cop it the most due to their smooth bark and big trunks! | | |
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