TheFoldsmith
New Member
I have been "lurking" here for several months and been very impressed with the quality of answers so willingly provided.
We live on a forrested mountainside and have a mature red oak, about 22" DBH and over 60' tall, in our yard, close to our house. Yesterday morning I noticed a strong, sickly sweet smell, like fermenting wine, close to the tree and found streaks of fluid apparently leaking through the bark. Some of these streaks have patches of whiteish foam on them. The leaves appear normal.
I took some pictures of the tree and the streaks but have been unable to shrink them enough to stay under the size limit for posting.
Do any of you have suggestions as to what might be happening to our tree?
Many thaks for your help.
Colin
We live on a forrested mountainside and have a mature red oak, about 22" DBH and over 60' tall, in our yard, close to our house. Yesterday morning I noticed a strong, sickly sweet smell, like fermenting wine, close to the tree and found streaks of fluid apparently leaking through the bark. Some of these streaks have patches of whiteish foam on them. The leaves appear normal.
I took some pictures of the tree and the streaks but have been unable to shrink them enough to stay under the size limit for posting.
Do any of you have suggestions as to what might be happening to our tree?
Many thaks for your help.
Colin