I've heard Lee tell stories about that in person and on this list. I'm sure that he or someone else with more experience on the subject will fill you in. It's a normal potential hazard of coring based upon my recollection....
Paul On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Ryan McEwan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all: > > My technicians just called in- they are coring red oaks in a mature forest > near Dayton Ohio, and they report that three trees in a row have, at some > point in the process squirted, vinegary liquid from the borer bit for ~ 10 > minutes each. > > 3/3= 100% albeit a small sampling. > > So, what gives. My answer was that there must be some fissure in the > canopy of the tree that is letting water into a rot pocket and they are > draining the pocket with the borer. Alternative explanations? > > thanks > ryan > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
