Dry cutting: cut the bark of the ornamental surface (front) of the trunk with a meat cutter, peel off the bark, and then destroy about one third of the xylem with a small chisel. Over time, it will become a scar and show old age.
Scar carving: first peel off the ornamental surface of the trunk with a carving knife, and then destroy the xylem with a chisel. It is not advisable to carve too many scars, but to master them according to the size and shape of plum trees.
Burying: Select dead plum piles with good posture, trim long branches, longitudinally cut the back, then bury seedlings, fill the outside with soil and moss, spray water, and tie them tightly with ropes. After a long time, the trunk of the seedling will fill the long and short grooves and remove the rope. This method does not reveal artificial traces, and can achieve the effect of confusing the fake with the real, which looks like a dead tree meets the spring.
Tearing branches: The redundant branches on both sides of the ornamental surface of the trunk are not cut off with scissors, but torn off from the base by hand, so that the xylem can heal and form a natural and beautiful tree scar. In a word, the redundant branches can be treated by tearing, but it should be done in stages and batches, so as not to affect the growth of trees.
Peeping: In the season when trees grow vigorously, insert a knife into the bark and pry it gently to separate the bark from the xylem. After 2 months, the wound will heal and form a callus, which bulges like a tumor.
Hammer: In order to make the bark old and the trunk thick, or make the young dry-skinned plum tree look skinny, we can achieve this goal by stimulating the damage with a hammer. Generally, hard objects such as hammers (or pliers, stones) are used to hit the lower part of the trunk during the growth period of trees, which causes local damage, accelerates cell division, locally forms calluses and thickens, forming local bulges and presents a skinny posture.