Wallnut Dilemma

[Mesterh]

Keep an eye on it by all means but the deep muck and still water will soon become an oxygen free environment. No oxygen = no life, so no rot due to water/mud pocket.

 

Is that right?

Surely the water will dry out and the humus will be a nice environment for plenty of things.

[skyhuck]

Is that right?

Surely the water will dry out and the humus will be a nice environment for plenty of things.

 

Dry out!!, in our country!!!! I wish:thumbdown:

[treedave]

Is that right?

Surely the water will dry out and the humus will be a nice environment for plenty of things.

 

Sure if it dries out something will grow in it, not a direct link to rot though. I was assuming that the pocket was not leaking out somewhere, thus a stagnant pocket with an anaerobic environment makes that lovely black smelly stuff.

 

I think the real point is the close house and the consequences of a major failure in that direction. Looks like MattyF is going to give it a once over, best person to make the call is the experienced guy on the ground.

[christreeroot]

Sure if it dries out something will grow in it, not a direct link to rot though. I was assuming that the pocket was not leaking out somewhere, thus a stagnant pocket with an anaerobic environment makes that lovely black smelly stuff.

 

I think the real point is the close house and the consequences of a major failure in that direction. Looks like MattyF is going to give it a once over, best person to make the call is the experienced guy on the ground.

 

I sorted out a massive walnut in Kirby Stephen 6 months ago... We braced it and put marine ply over the cavity to stop water ingress as the cavity was huge, when looking at the tree we noticed bat droppings and found 32 noctule bats and 83 pips in the tree that was why we went to town with the bracing to save half of the tree that was full of bats.

 

The tree has a DBH of 169, so was a big one... We dug a 7ft ash sapling out of the cavity..