Any idea what this growth may be?
Young Ash plant close to my workshop door has some growths that I
definitely do not recognise. I will dig it out anyway but I don't think I've ever seen such growth before. Links to a couple of pics below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uepmnls75n...0crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7m5j2f8bj...0crop.jpg?dl=0 I very much like & enjoy ash but not this close to a building. Many thanks, Nick |
Any idea what this growth may be?
On 13/03/2018 19:23, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:59:52 +0000, Nick wrote: Young Ash plant close to my workshop door has some growths that I definitely do not recognise. I will dig it out anyway but I don't think I've ever seen such growth before. Links to a couple of pics below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uepmnls75n...0crop.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7m5j2f8bj...0crop.jpg?dl=0 I very much like & enjoy ash but not this close to a building. Many thanks, Nick It's a burl. This is a distorted growth caused either by physical damage at some time, or an insect or virus attack. Large burls are valued by wood-turners for the interesting and complex wood-grain patterns found within them. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl Thank you Chris, I had an inkling that it might be a burl but I've never seen such develop so rapidly or abundantly before. The tiny whorls visible certainly show sign of insect infestation. I've turned a few burls and very beautiful they can be. Unfortunately this is way too close to a building to allow it to come to any maturity. Nick |
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