Frothy Flux

[treeseer]

A cocktail of microbes enter the tree and kill the cambium. Dry it out or it can kill the tree. First pic is Quercus prinus, 90% girdled, on the way out. Last pic is on a Q alba and will be treated.

[David Humphries]

Drying out as in 'cauterising' yes?

 

Have you documented an infection to arrest completely after only one treatment of heat ?

 

 

 

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[LostInTheFingerLakes]

It's looks bacterial

[treeseer]

Yes it's got bacteria in it...and yeast, and other soil microbes that get into the sapstream. Full story from 10 years ago attached.

 

David, I do have one documented case of an infection sealing after 2 treatments. It's near the honey root job I'll do tomorrow. Also on that site are 3+ frothy infections, and I'll get paid there so will send a full report.

 

The big frother above is on the tree I got married under; not paid to treat it but still motivated. Sad to see the other so girdled.

Ooze in the News from TCI Magazine 09-04.pdf

[LostInTheFingerLakes]

Well, look at the positive, that's an environment in which fungi will not grow.

[treeseer]

Well, look at the positive, that's an environment in which fungi will not grow.

 

That is a very short term positive; as the bacteria are spent the beetles move in--brown dust in pic--and after that rot.

 

Frothy flux is pathogenic and quite distinct from slime flux.