just curious about who uses cut paste and who does not and there reasoning for doing so?
I don't use it. I have in the past, but I have no real material to compare whether it works or not.
Note that trees do not heal wounds. The wound will be walled off and it may callus over, but it will not heal the way our body heals.
Therefore, I think using cut paste - which would to me looks like using a bandage - will not really work, and leaving the wound exposed will work better.
Again, I have no proof of that.