We rent. I’ve already sent this to the property management to let them know the owner might want to call an arborist. In the meantime, my partner and I have a burning intellectual curiosity as to what happened or is happening here.
I don’t go into this side yard very frequently, so while I can’t say for sure that this is new, I certainly haven’t *noticed* it on prior trips through here.
by PinkAmbivalence
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Looks like Bacterial Slime Flux, which is typically a non-issue. There is definitely a pocket of decay there, but it looks like the tree has almost completely sealed it up.
Sometimes you only get BSF after a big rain and lots of moisture is moving through the tree’s vessels.