Cut apart- these are very solid and straight grained, but there's about
an inch that is punky, most places. Bark was starting to fall off in
places. Some kind of borers may have killed this tree, but so far no
evidence of them anywhere deeper than an inch or so. This stuff splits
like a dream. "Red Oak- the anti-Elm"
Oh- turns out the tree was 26in DBH.
They hit the White Oak when the main trunk section came down.
I sprayed it with asphalt-based tree wound compound where the
bark got knocked off. Hope I did the right thing. I want to
discourage any bugs from attacking that tree.
an inch that is punky, most places. Bark was starting to fall off in
places. Some kind of borers may have killed this tree, but so far no
evidence of them anywhere deeper than an inch or so. This stuff splits
like a dream. "Red Oak- the anti-Elm"
Oh- turns out the tree was 26in DBH.
They hit the White Oak when the main trunk section came down.
I sprayed it with asphalt-based tree wound compound where the
bark got knocked off. Hope I did the right thing. I want to
discourage any bugs from attacking that tree.