Yes, normal. Do not be concerned. Provided the buds on this tree were not yet swelling or opening, you pruned it at the right time.

Trees, when healthy, have a positive pressure, relative to the air around them. In some species, this can lead to exudation of sap when pruned in Spring. This sap can keep pests and pathogens from invading the tree.

+oM

I have a similar situation.

When will the trees actually stop the weeping?

I pruned my dogwoods recently and they are still weeping.

They'll stop weeping when they get in a better mood.;^) Alright, maybe not that funny. But in any case, they'll stop "bleeding" in a few days to a few weeks. Not a problem....of any kind.

+oM

Both of you folks are in a warmer zone than +om or I and it's starting to get late for us to prune. +om raised an important point when he said, "Provided the buds on this tree were not yet swelling or opening, you pruned it at the right time." Unless you are removing dead wood, the general rule is not to prune when leaves are forming or falling. That will extend the weeping time.

tj

i am not a pro tree guy .. and tend to prune when i walk by the tree with my pruning saw in hand .. all year long ...

the result.. the job gets done.. lol ...

the further result.. is that trees exude water.. sap .. pine tar .. whatever ...

trees can handle it.. ignore it... it will be fine ... there is NOTHING you caN DO ... THAT IS not CONTARY TO MOTHER NATURE ... no paint.. no tar.. no nothing ...

a couple years back ... i did my whitespire birch ... right around now .... they wept for what seemed forever.. the wept material eventually staining the whiteness ... but the pruning caused the tree to double in size ... or so it seemed ... and the following winter.. the stain was gone ...

just do NOT worry about it ...

think of it this way ... if you hired a tree surgeon.. he would come do it.. when his schedule allowed.. not necessarily at the proper time for the tree ....

all that said ... i do appreciate that if i had 10,000 trees in production for profit.. on a farm .. that there is a proper time to do such ... so as to avoid total crop failure due to pest or disease infestation affecting freshly pruned trees ... i just dont feel the homeowner has to be all that worried about it ...

just my 2 cents

ken

PS: i once did 3 inch grape vine.. so it wouldnt crush the arbor ... i swear each cut could have filled a 5 gal bucket once a day .... yikes.. result ... it recovered the arbor by the end of the season.. and i had to rebuild it anyway .. lol....

"i am not a pro tree guy .. and tend to prune when i walk by the tree with my pruning saw in hand .. all year long ...
the result.. the job gets done.. lol ..."

That's me too, ...........to a 'T'.

what fantastic company .. lol

for a few years.. i tried to do it properly timed... i was always a month late.. and a saw short.. nothing got pruned.. lol ...

it only takes one time to nearly poke your eye out on the riding lawnmower.. to go get the saw .. since you already have the rider out.. and cut that momma off ... the trees life.. if in fact it is at all threatened.. is not worth my eye sight ... lol

ken