There is some stinky goo coming out of my red oak. Is it slime flux? The tree seems healthy overall, but I want to know if it could hurt it eventually.
Slimeflux/wetwood is about as harmful as the common cold despite some tree trimmer’s attempts to make a buck by flooding the internet with false information to the contrary. There is however a similar looking disease called bleeding canker that can be deadly though. Wetwood smells funny, cankers have a red tint to the sap, there are a few other differences as well
The only thing about wetwood is it does make the tree a bit more sensitive to trimming and other diseases, won’t heal as well so you’ll have to be careful, especially since it’s an oak which are slow growing and sensitive anyway
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Slimeflux/wetwood is about as harmful as the common cold despite some tree trimmer’s attempts to make a buck by flooding the internet with false information to the contrary. There is however a similar looking disease called bleeding canker that can be deadly though. Wetwood smells funny, cankers have a red tint to the sap, there are a few other differences as well
The only thing about wetwood is it does make the tree a bit more sensitive to trimming and other diseases, won’t heal as well so you’ll have to be careful, especially since it’s an oak which are slow growing and sensitive anyway