Do buds grow through cut paste?

[Scrogdor]

Curious if buds grow through cut paste. There is a bump forming under the cut paste of a recent chop on my chinese elm. Curious if I should cut the paste around this bump off or just let it push through on its own? it’s in a perfect spot.

Could also not be a new bud, but I don’t believe that bump was there before and there are tons of new buds forming all over the trunk.

 

[Hack Yeah!]

It probably will not matter, you could score around the suspected bud to help it break free

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Yes, but they more likely appear at the cambial ring (blue scribble), not as likely from the bark at the edge of a cut.

 

[Shibui]

New shoots are incredibly powerful. New shoots will lift the cut paste right off the top of the trunk.

 

[sorce]

What kinda "cut paste"? Looks clear.

Sorce