How to make mastic for processing tree cuts: a folk recipe

25.01.2023 12:26

In early spring, all gardeners begin pruning the trees growing in the garden.

As the expert of the online publication Belnovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explained, the pruning procedure includes a number of mandatory requirements.

First of all, this is, of course, the processing of cuts.

For this operation you can use oil paint or special store-bought mastic.

If you don’t have any of the above at hand, don’t be upset, because you can prepare mastic for cuts at home.

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You will need a special garden pitch consisting of 500 g of turpentine and the same amount of rosin.

Another necessary component is 250 g of flaxseed oil.

The prepared composition will be semi-solid. Before use, it will have to be warmed up a little, then applied to the tapes. All cuts on the trees are wrapped with these tapes.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources