Julia wrote in
:


My friend decided to prune a Silver Birch, out of the
branches where he cut is now a steady flow of what appears
to be water. Does anyone know why or what this is. He says
the ground is quite wet, but not especially so. Is there
anything he needs to do to stop the water flowing out the
end of cut branch?

it's sap. the tree is 'bleeding'. it will stop when the tree
is able to grow scar tissue over the pruning wounds. how long
that takes depends on the tree, the time of year, etc.
lee
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