On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:43:26 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

Tom Miller wrote:
On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:10:25 -0400, Danny
wrote:


Tree experts recommend:

* not filling cavities with cement;
* supporting, if required, with cables, braces, or tree guys;
* if you must fill a cavity, have a professional arborist install a
synthetic foam fill.

-- National Arborist Association

I stand corrected.

I guess my knowledge is out of date now, but that's the way I *learned*
to do it, clearly it was before that "modern research" was conducted.G

Jeff


Iowa State University arborists give the same advice. Trees are
better at healing themselves than we are.