Damaged bark on young cherry tree - repair advice please!

[z00ber]

Hello all.

I have a 3 year old dessert/sweet cherry that I have had in an airpot for a year, decided yesterday to plant in in the front garden. After planting, I decided the stake needed to go in a few extra inches, the sledgehammer glanced off the stake and I scraped the bark. It's not a big wound, but I'm worried about disease because it's a prunus and we're in winter. The edges are a little bit jagged, should I clean and dress? Clean and leave open? Do nothing?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

B

[Jungle Jane]

Hello B I wouldn't clean it with any liquid,you can put some arbrex straight on it. If you do nothing it could be fine but I wouldn't want to take a risk.

[z00ber]

Thanks Jane. I've trimmed the rough edge and painted the wound. Fingers crossed