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| so the neighbor CLAIMS ... as they cut down a 100 foot cottonwood ... TEN MINUTES EARLIER !!!! THAT 6 TO 8 INCH GEYSERS FORMED.. SPURTING WATER UP ... i wish i could have seen that ... the comment was gratuitous.. so i dont think he was BS'ing me ... i am wondering if something like that would be on youtube... but i cant define the search terms. anyone know anything about this phenomenon??? ken
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| Cut a sugar maple limb in early spring & it'll drip like crazy, but not spurt. Was the water supposedly coming directly out of the wood? Or the ground? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 9:53
| straight out of the cut of the 5 foot wide base cut on the trunk ... it was a huge tree or so they said ... ken |
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- Posted by salicaceae z8b FL (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 10:47
| Serves them right for cutting down such a majestic tree. i hope they got wet and sticky! |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 21:22
| If I know cottonwoods, it'll be 100 feet tall again in 30 years... |
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| Cottonwood and majestic don't mix. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 8, 12 at 8:46
| you couldnt walk in the neighborhood for two weeks when they were seeding ... i have killed thousands of their progeny ... no love lost here.. anyone have the scientific answer to the phenomenon?? .. resin?? .. +om???? ken |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 8, 12 at 13:14
| well.. gushing.. was not one of my search phrases.. lol ... but that brown water indicates rot ... i am talking about the roots continuing to pump water on a fully intact tree ... surprised +om hasnt chimed in ... he seems to be missing lately ... ken |
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| Google Gushing Cottonwood tree. There's an impressive Youtube collection for you! |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sat, Dec 8, 12 at 23:32
| Ha Ken, thanks for noticing. We're being grandma and granpa this week, and next week, I'll be laying low down in Fort Myers. I do hope to take a tour of an arboretum or two while down in S. FL. But I don't think I'll be at the boards much, if at all. The juiciest trees I ever saw were big old Am. elms that had DED and which were being cut down. I wouldn't say I witnessed any spurting, gushing, or geysering for that matter, but the top of their stumps would just exude sappy juice. Every bee and fly in the area would notice too. So yeah, I don't know! +oM |
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