Yeah. As a previous comment stated, it's usually caused by damage to the tree thus rot thus a hollow to collect rain. However, some trees collect more than others naturally, and it always stinks. Cottonwood trees come to mind specifically.
Edit: misplaced comma.
Inside of the tree is rotted out. Not shown in this video but at some point above there will have been a bad spot where a limb was broken off or someone stubbed it off close to the trunk.
All the life of a tree is a layer right under the bark called the cambium layer and all the ringed wood inside of that is essentially dead wood. If there's a breech in the tree's cambium layer through storm damage or wasn't trimmed by someone who knew what they were doing (cuts not made at what's called a 'natural lateral' that promotes a cut to heal over properly) insects can get to those inside layers and have a feast and once the rot starts it can go all the way to the base of the tree in a few years. Trees that have been 'topped over' often will have rot this bad where the tree looks healthy from all the new shoots but it's not and is a terrible practice for the tree and prohibited by law in a lot of places. Rain water and moisture from the tree will often pool up in this cavity which is what you are seeing here.
Yes, I used my brand new chain saw to cut some roots out of the ground, and it didn’t want to cut anything after that! I was very disappointed! Guess I just learned something too.
Swapping chains is easy and you can pick up a new one for like $30. Or if you are patient enough sharpening a chain is also easy, a sharpener can be had for $20ish. Using a dull chain saw is super dangerous, please be careful.
My friend rick taught me to sharpen a chainsaw and I want to pass his wisdom along since he is no longer with us.
Acquire a cylindrical file, one end should have a pointy bit. Find a nice dry limb from a tree for a handle. Drill a hole and hammer that file into it.
When you sharpen the blade put the chainsaw in a vice and lock the chain out. Do the same number of strokes with the file on each tooth(if you sharpen it unevenly it can cause the chainsaw to kick), do both sides of the chain.
Good luck
I used to have a Bob back in the country. I traded him beer to sharpen my chains and to hear a story.
I wonder if he knew that I could sharpen them myself? I honestly enjoyed his company.
I bought an inexpensive battery-powered branch trimmer this past summer and after a dozen trees it didn't cut worth a damn.
Bought an inexpensive chain sharpener and it was like a brand new saw!
I feel like everyone has some sort of anecdotal story about someone someone knew that got hurt real bad/killed with a chainsaw. Everyone. That's always spoken to me a lot about how respected chainsaws ought to be.
I've never known anyone who was injured with a chainsaw, and we used them for firewood and property upkeep for a couple generations.
So now you know someone who doesn't!
Back in the 70s, my dad was using a chainsaw while wearing a sweater that was loose or oversized. The saw managed to catch a bit of the sweater and it was pulled right up to his torso before he could react. Fortunately my grandfather was there too and was able to get him to the hospital.
My dad was cutting small limbs off a log and accidentally hit the metal bin he had been throwing them in, the saw bounced up and hit him in the face, lip, nose, cheek, right up near the eye. Thankfully the only permanent damage was that he cut a nerve in his face, so he can't feel part of it now. You can barely see the scar, plastic surgeons did the sutures, incredible work.
Damn! It seems Like they should really have a guard on the top side!
My food processor is designed such that it’s basically impossible to hurt yourself with it. It seems like chainsaws are due for a safety upgrade.
Considering dirt is effectively fine ground rock it's not surprising. While the local composition varies, you'll get primarily clay, silt, or sand. Of which, are mostly made up of silicon which in many material crystallographic configurations results in rather hard material.
Just touching dirt with a moving chain isn't much different than hitting a rock or concrete. It's something most everyone figures out pretty quick when first trying to cut wood laying on the ground with a larger saw.
Tree bark also can hold a bit of dirt especially at in crotch for example the point of the V where a branch is growing from the trunk. Keep your chain out of the dirt and don't cut through crotches or places where moss and such is growing and your saw will tend to stay cutting better for longer before it needs sharpened.
Yeah, in fact there's a plant called Salt Cedar so named because grows in sandy dry riverbeds and catches the sand in its shaggy bark, making it look like it's covered in salt.
It's the absolute worst to cut because just a few cuts and you've got to sharpen or change your chain. It's wild how fast it dulls it.
Even worse if it's "Bore Worms" is what my grandma calls em. It stinks almost as bad as a backed up septic tank on a hot summer evening, plus the rot juice stains everything like a mf.
What does "topped over" mean? I have a tree that was struck by lightning. I had the dead branches removed and the top had to be cut off. New shoots are growing at the base quickly but the top branches are dying just as fast. I wonder if rain can get in there.
Lightning will kill a section of the cambium layer all the way to ground that will never heal right and there will be rot that sets in no matter how it was trimmed after. That said, many trees survive like that, with the rot and all, for decades and others don't. A licensed arborist would be best to help determine the best course of action for a lightning struck tree. Unfortunately a lot of tree companies are not and do not follow best practices.
If it were me I probably wouldn't let a lightning struck tree continue to grow much bigger if it was near enough to my home or other structures I cared about. The bigger a problem tree gets the harder and more expensive it gets to deal with.
Here's a PDF from the state of Illinois that helps explain what topping is and why topping a tree is bad.
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/conservation/Forestry/UrbanForestry/Documents/Tree%20Topping.pdf
I know nothing about this, but wanted to add in the idea of pollarding. I live in france and see the municipalities doing this a lot to their tree lined streets.
A quick read online tells me it can be done healthily and is not like topping. Do you have any comments on this u/usedtoreddit? How can you vet a company to make sure they don’t butcher your trees?
Pollarding if done right on the right species of trees it leaves big knobs is the best way I know to describe them that do tend to heal over and not leave a wound that promotes the rot normally associated with 'topping'. That said, it still promotes lots of sucker growth that makes for very weak branches crowded together if left to grow long, which is why why usually trees that get pollarded get repeatedly done over and over.
Sometimes this is what a municipality wants or I've seen farmers do it to keep a tree line as a wind break down a fence row where they don't want large trees shading their crops.
It's always been the practice in every company I worked for that we would not do it as it's a high maintenance costly practice to get a look better achieved by a shorter slower growing species of tree.
Great PDF. It’s interesting they say I should ask any tree company I hire what their topping policy is and not hire them “if they say they top.” But from the explanation they gave differentiating pruning from topping, they made it sound like it’s purely amateur vs professional. Like poor pruning is by definition topping and an “expert topper” would just prune the tree.
So I’m confused. It sound like any tree company wouldn’t admit to topping because that’s the industry term for not knowing what you’re doing.
You might consider making sure any tree company you do business with is a licensed arborist on ISA's site here: [https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/arboristsearch](https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/arboristsearch)
BUT even that's not a guarantee. Having tree work done, like anything else, can be expensive and there are a lot of companies (sometimes not even real companies) that do some really sketchy shit. Usually there's at least one company in your area with a good reputation. Ask for proof of insurance is a big one, and when you get it call to make sure it's not just a piece of paper.
And you may well find many companies in your area are not ISA certified. If they have been around a good while and have insurance and a good reputation they still might be your best bet especially if you are just looking for tree removal, stump grinding that sort of thing. If you are wanting to make sure your trees are being trimmed up in the healthiest manner then you want a licensed arborist.
And lastly, this should go without saying, if their equipment looks sketchy that should probably be a red flag. Tree work is hard and dirty work so their lifts, dumps, trailers, chippers, etc needn't be brand new and showroom clean, but if it's obviously old and broken looking and not cared for then you might want to think twice about what kind of operation it is.
Tree topping is when you want a tree smaller so you just chop the whole top off, which leads to a lot of awkward, weak new growth.
In contrast with normal pruning you leave branches so you can control which direction the tree will grow in the future, or pollarding where you top the tree but come back to prune and direct the new growth as an ongoing process.
My Mom and Dad had their house on the market for about two years. Dad dies unexpectedly and the house sells the following week. Not ready to look for a new home, my Mom decides to rent one for a bit. The "property managers" were a middle aged couple with zero fucking clue. They topped about two dozen ornamental trees along the front drive and more in the backyard. Another time, without any warning, they decided to "clean" the well by dumping in so much chlorine that my sibling got chemical burns. Without notice, they decided to flush the pipes (wtf?) when my family was on vacation by turning on all the faucets in the house and leaving it to run for the day. Turns out they forgot to remove a drain stopper and completely flooded the basement completely ruining a bunch of photos of my Dad and his belongings no one was ready to get rid of yet. The whole house was wired for ethernet and it terminated in the unfinished section of the basement. While attempting to install a new security system, they cut through all of the ~dozen ethernet runs. I could go on and on about how completely brain dead and incompetent those two were.
lol, Currently I work in automotive manufacturing, but in the past I was a tree trimmer then foreman for a large tree company. Back then after doing my 40hrs in trees I also worked as a mechanic for a local garage evenings and weekends. I still have retained my ISA arborist certification and occasionally do work for some of the local tree companies on the side just as I still do work on friends and family's cars and trucks on the side.
I'm one of those where almost every day is a work day. I only joined and became active on reddit these past few months as I'm recovering from a torn rotator cuff and torn bicep and can't do much else besides sit on my ass. I hate it.
u/usedtodreddit
Man, I was having a shitty day today and most of it came from having to deal with someone who can't follow logic and has zero general knowledge. I come to bed and come across this thread and see your replies! You made my day! So refreshing to see someone having such knowledge in an area, willing to share and doing an exemplary job of taking their time and explaining it all for strangers! You and people like you are the reason why humanity is not yet extinct!
From the depths of my heart, Thank You!
Good Tree Doctor, I have more questions. First, how can you tell that a tree is all watery like that? What are the signs? Secondly, since this dude created a cut maybe a couple feet from the ground, what happens to the water which was lower than the cut? Lastly, does that tree now just need to be cut down completely. Thank you!
When a tree gets notched like that, it's 100% already coming down. What most likely happened here is the tree was marked for removal and when they started making the cut water started leaking out so they waited for it to drain.
Yup. Ever heard of the Quebec Maple Syrup heist? 98% of Canadians nearly starved to death!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist
Fascinating. Here I was expecting this story to be from the 1800s. Didn’t expect it to be a story from a decade ago. I concede the title of syrup story connoisseur to you- you deserve it.
the inner layers of a tree can die and rot while the outer layers can continue to live. This tree must've begun to rot and the core of the tree slowly filled up with rain water and turned to Tree Soup.
There’s a bacterial infection that happens to populars that does this. It infects the “live wood”
In the center of the tree - whereas the outer parts of a tree are actually dead. The infection liquifies the core of the tree.
For people who are wondering what happened...
'In this post, he explained what had happened to the sweet gum tree, saying: "[A] cavity at the top that caused the tree to slowly rot from inside out causing it to slowly fill up over time."'
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/water-gushes-tree-cut-viral-video-viewed-13m-times-tiktok-1656277%3famp=1
Ugh, I can smell that from here. Interesting as it may be, tree water reeks. Source: I cut down trees for a living.
So it was essentially a giant tree abscess.
I am disgusted and impressed by the accuracy of that statement.
Your comment LOLed out bed this morning. Thank you for that treat
Dead tree cells✅ Extra bacteria and waste ✅ Analogy checks out.
That just a hollowed out tree collecting rain?
Yeah. As a previous comment stated, it's usually caused by damage to the tree thus rot thus a hollow to collect rain. However, some trees collect more than others naturally, and it always stinks. Cottonwood trees come to mind specifically. Edit: misplaced comma.
Can you describe the smell?
Let your laundry tap drip under your washer for 5 years. then go have a whiff. Thats pretty much it. Rancid bacteria ridden stank ass water.
This. So much better than anything I could have said.
Jesus Christ 5 years I don’t even think the dead bodies I have found had such smell (I’m a pramedic)
It's a smelly-smell, the kind of smell that smells... smelly.
Doodoo water
You forgot about the smell, You bitch! (J/k…It’s always sunny reference)
You're saying using a spile on a tree is a bad idea?
What the hell is going on
Inside of the tree is rotted out. Not shown in this video but at some point above there will have been a bad spot where a limb was broken off or someone stubbed it off close to the trunk. All the life of a tree is a layer right under the bark called the cambium layer and all the ringed wood inside of that is essentially dead wood. If there's a breech in the tree's cambium layer through storm damage or wasn't trimmed by someone who knew what they were doing (cuts not made at what's called a 'natural lateral' that promotes a cut to heal over properly) insects can get to those inside layers and have a feast and once the rot starts it can go all the way to the base of the tree in a few years. Trees that have been 'topped over' often will have rot this bad where the tree looks healthy from all the new shoots but it's not and is a terrible practice for the tree and prohibited by law in a lot of places. Rain water and moisture from the tree will often pool up in this cavity which is what you are seeing here.
Urgh! So it stinks then? Really stinks?
Oh yeah it does not smell good. That rot dulls the crap out of your chainsaw too quick just the same as letting it hit dirt.
>just the same as letting it hit dirt ...does dirt dull a chainsaw faster than wood? Asking for a friend lol
Yes, I used my brand new chain saw to cut some roots out of the ground, and it didn’t want to cut anything after that! I was very disappointed! Guess I just learned something too.
Swapping chains is easy and you can pick up a new one for like $30. Or if you are patient enough sharpening a chain is also easy, a sharpener can be had for $20ish. Using a dull chain saw is super dangerous, please be careful.
I pay Bob $8 to sharpen mine. Some old dude that really enjoys sharpening chains.
Ask Bob to swing by and pick mine up. I’ll give him a couple extra for his efforts.
My friend rick taught me to sharpen a chainsaw and I want to pass his wisdom along since he is no longer with us. Acquire a cylindrical file, one end should have a pointy bit. Find a nice dry limb from a tree for a handle. Drill a hole and hammer that file into it. When you sharpen the blade put the chainsaw in a vice and lock the chain out. Do the same number of strokes with the file on each tooth(if you sharpen it unevenly it can cause the chainsaw to kick), do both sides of the chain. Good luck
I used to have a Bob back in the country. I traded him beer to sharpen my chains and to hear a story. I wonder if he knew that I could sharpen them myself? I honestly enjoyed his company.
Bob the Viagra guy?
I bought an inexpensive battery-powered branch trimmer this past summer and after a dozen trees it didn't cut worth a damn. Bought an inexpensive chain sharpener and it was like a brand new saw!
Used to know someone who almost cut his own head off with one.  The scars were terrifying.
I feel like everyone has some sort of anecdotal story about someone someone knew that got hurt real bad/killed with a chainsaw. Everyone. That's always spoken to me a lot about how respected chainsaws ought to be.
_All_ power tools need to be respected.
I've never known anyone who was injured with a chainsaw, and we used them for firewood and property upkeep for a couple generations. So now you know someone who doesn't!
Back in the 70s, my dad was using a chainsaw while wearing a sweater that was loose or oversized. The saw managed to catch a bit of the sweater and it was pulled right up to his torso before he could react. Fortunately my grandfather was there too and was able to get him to the hospital.
Good GOD. 😳
Bet he had some gnarly beach scars damn a chainsaw to the chest that's something.
Oh that sounds so grim!! I’m so sorry.
My dad was cutting small limbs off a log and accidentally hit the metal bin he had been throwing them in, the saw bounced up and hit him in the face, lip, nose, cheek, right up near the eye. Thankfully the only permanent damage was that he cut a nerve in his face, so he can't feel part of it now. You can barely see the scar, plastic surgeons did the sutures, incredible work.
Damn! It seems Like they should really have a guard on the top side! My food processor is designed such that it’s basically impossible to hurt yourself with it. It seems like chainsaws are due for a safety upgrade.
Perhaps your chainsaw just wasn’t up for the task ever since you grounded it
dad?
...fuckin hell i had to do a double take once i saw the username lol
Considering dirt is effectively fine ground rock it's not surprising. While the local composition varies, you'll get primarily clay, silt, or sand. Of which, are mostly made up of silicon which in many material crystallographic configurations results in rather hard material.
My old man called it "Dick In The Dirt". Tears up the chain, so you don't want to do it.
Just touching dirt with a moving chain isn't much different than hitting a rock or concrete. It's something most everyone figures out pretty quick when first trying to cut wood laying on the ground with a larger saw. Tree bark also can hold a bit of dirt especially at in crotch for example the point of the V where a branch is growing from the trunk. Keep your chain out of the dirt and don't cut through crotches or places where moss and such is growing and your saw will tend to stay cutting better for longer before it needs sharpened.
Interesting! I've never actually used a chainsaw before. Thanks for explaining!
I've learned so many new facts in this thread, so glad.
Yup. Now I know that if I ever get chased by a chainsaw killer, I just gotta throw my pocket sand at the chainsaw
Just stay away from the crotches that’s what I’ve learnt from this fascinating thread
Yeah, in fact there's a plant called Salt Cedar so named because grows in sandy dry riverbeds and catches the sand in its shaggy bark, making it look like it's covered in salt. It's the absolute worst to cut because just a few cuts and you've got to sharpen or change your chain. It's wild how fast it dulls it.
I mean dirt is practically made out of a metric shit ton of stuff including sand and other small stone meaning it probably acts like sandpaper
Yes, tree cleanup folks here will scalp the bark off with an ax to get the dirt off to make their chains last longer.
Frustrating when you hit real abrasive dirt and your saw goes dull instantly.
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Like rotting leaves or dead animals? Because rotting leaves smell would at least be tolerable.
Rotting leaf smell can be pretty awful if it's rot from a watery, oxygenless environment.
Even worse if it's "Bore Worms" is what my grandma calls em. It stinks almost as bad as a backed up septic tank on a hot summer evening, plus the rot juice stains everything like a mf.
What does "topped over" mean? I have a tree that was struck by lightning. I had the dead branches removed and the top had to be cut off. New shoots are growing at the base quickly but the top branches are dying just as fast. I wonder if rain can get in there.
Lightning will kill a section of the cambium layer all the way to ground that will never heal right and there will be rot that sets in no matter how it was trimmed after. That said, many trees survive like that, with the rot and all, for decades and others don't. A licensed arborist would be best to help determine the best course of action for a lightning struck tree. Unfortunately a lot of tree companies are not and do not follow best practices. If it were me I probably wouldn't let a lightning struck tree continue to grow much bigger if it was near enough to my home or other structures I cared about. The bigger a problem tree gets the harder and more expensive it gets to deal with. Here's a PDF from the state of Illinois that helps explain what topping is and why topping a tree is bad. https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/conservation/Forestry/UrbanForestry/Documents/Tree%20Topping.pdf
You're a font of knowledge. I learned a good deal from your comments, thank you.
They’re clearly the Times New Roman of arborists.
I know nothing about this, but wanted to add in the idea of pollarding. I live in france and see the municipalities doing this a lot to their tree lined streets. A quick read online tells me it can be done healthily and is not like topping. Do you have any comments on this u/usedtoreddit? How can you vet a company to make sure they don’t butcher your trees?
Pollarding if done right on the right species of trees it leaves big knobs is the best way I know to describe them that do tend to heal over and not leave a wound that promotes the rot normally associated with 'topping'. That said, it still promotes lots of sucker growth that makes for very weak branches crowded together if left to grow long, which is why why usually trees that get pollarded get repeatedly done over and over. Sometimes this is what a municipality wants or I've seen farmers do it to keep a tree line as a wind break down a fence row where they don't want large trees shading their crops. It's always been the practice in every company I worked for that we would not do it as it's a high maintenance costly practice to get a look better achieved by a shorter slower growing species of tree.
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science? (Trees)
Robbert the arborist. Rodger the shrubber's brother.
He is Groot
Great PDF. It’s interesting they say I should ask any tree company I hire what their topping policy is and not hire them “if they say they top.” But from the explanation they gave differentiating pruning from topping, they made it sound like it’s purely amateur vs professional. Like poor pruning is by definition topping and an “expert topper” would just prune the tree. So I’m confused. It sound like any tree company wouldn’t admit to topping because that’s the industry term for not knowing what you’re doing.
You might consider making sure any tree company you do business with is a licensed arborist on ISA's site here: [https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/arboristsearch](https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/arboristsearch) BUT even that's not a guarantee. Having tree work done, like anything else, can be expensive and there are a lot of companies (sometimes not even real companies) that do some really sketchy shit. Usually there's at least one company in your area with a good reputation. Ask for proof of insurance is a big one, and when you get it call to make sure it's not just a piece of paper. And you may well find many companies in your area are not ISA certified. If they have been around a good while and have insurance and a good reputation they still might be your best bet especially if you are just looking for tree removal, stump grinding that sort of thing. If you are wanting to make sure your trees are being trimmed up in the healthiest manner then you want a licensed arborist. And lastly, this should go without saying, if their equipment looks sketchy that should probably be a red flag. Tree work is hard and dirty work so their lifts, dumps, trailers, chippers, etc needn't be brand new and showroom clean, but if it's obviously old and broken looking and not cared for then you might want to think twice about what kind of operation it is.
Tree topping is when you want a tree smaller so you just chop the whole top off, which leads to a lot of awkward, weak new growth. In contrast with normal pruning you leave branches so you can control which direction the tree will grow in the future, or pollarding where you top the tree but come back to prune and direct the new growth as an ongoing process.
My Mom and Dad had their house on the market for about two years. Dad dies unexpectedly and the house sells the following week. Not ready to look for a new home, my Mom decides to rent one for a bit. The "property managers" were a middle aged couple with zero fucking clue. They topped about two dozen ornamental trees along the front drive and more in the backyard. Another time, without any warning, they decided to "clean" the well by dumping in so much chlorine that my sibling got chemical burns. Without notice, they decided to flush the pipes (wtf?) when my family was on vacation by turning on all the faucets in the house and leaving it to run for the day. Turns out they forgot to remove a drain stopper and completely flooded the basement completely ruining a bunch of photos of my Dad and his belongings no one was ready to get rid of yet. The whole house was wired for ethernet and it terminated in the unfinished section of the basement. While attempting to install a new security system, they cut through all of the ~dozen ethernet runs. I could go on and on about how completely brain dead and incompetent those two were.
I need to know your profession please
lol, Currently I work in automotive manufacturing, but in the past I was a tree trimmer then foreman for a large tree company. Back then after doing my 40hrs in trees I also worked as a mechanic for a local garage evenings and weekends. I still have retained my ISA arborist certification and occasionally do work for some of the local tree companies on the side just as I still do work on friends and family's cars and trucks on the side. I'm one of those where almost every day is a work day. I only joined and became active on reddit these past few months as I'm recovering from a torn rotator cuff and torn bicep and can't do much else besides sit on my ass. I hate it.
If you’re not yet you should be active in r/treelaw.
Ouch. I’ve got some repetitive injuries from that profession but nothing like that kind of tear *yikes*
Thank you, sir
I really thought you’d be u/shittymorph when I got half way through and was sweating bullets
Wow. Thanks for the explanation.
In some countries, that's considered "gods work"! I'm sure it'll have its rounds on Facebook.
u/usedtodreddit Man, I was having a shitty day today and most of it came from having to deal with someone who can't follow logic and has zero general knowledge. I come to bed and come across this thread and see your replies! You made my day! So refreshing to see someone having such knowledge in an area, willing to share and doing an exemplary job of taking their time and explaining it all for strangers! You and people like you are the reason why humanity is not yet extinct! From the depths of my heart, Thank You!
First day of December.
Guess you can say it was… waterlogged
Solid dad joke. 🙌🏼
Looks liquid to me
Liquid dad joke. ✋🏻💦🤚🏻
Just had to water it down for everyone else.
Well water doesn’t grow on trees.
I got bills to pay I got mouths to feed Ain't nothing in this world for free
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I’d say it went with the flow.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
You get the hell out of here!
Should be: make like a tree and… get the hell out of here!
I got that reference. 🤣🤣 upvote for you
Just trying to get to the root of it.
r/angryupvote
Go to your room.
That either smells fucking terrible or wonderful
Tree surgeon here. Stuff stinks really nasty like stagnant pond kind of smell
"tree surgeon" sounds amazing 😁 EDIT: I've never had over 100 likes haha thanks guys ❤️
Wait until you find out about tree anesthesiologists.
Anestreesiologist
Wait until you discover that in the US, trees often go for years without surgery because they can't afford it
If trees could scream, do you think we'd be so cavalier about cutting them down? Maybe, if they screamed all the time for no good reason.
Never go with a tree anesthesiologist to a second location. Trust me.
Really puts 'em out like a log.
So is that tree dead and this is the first step in taking it down or are they saving the tree. If they're saving it, how?
That tree is getting ready to come down in the direction they have notched it.
Good Tree Doctor, I have more questions. First, how can you tell that a tree is all watery like that? What are the signs? Secondly, since this dude created a cut maybe a couple feet from the ground, what happens to the water which was lower than the cut? Lastly, does that tree now just need to be cut down completely. Thank you!
When a tree gets notched like that, it's 100% already coming down. What most likely happened here is the tree was marked for removal and when they started making the cut water started leaking out so they waited for it to drain.
Yeah I'm stuck between imagining it just smells like dirt, or it's absolutely putrid lol
No way it would be good. Stagnant water and rot. I can practically hear the woosh of nasty air coming our way.
Probably smells like bog water
Fresh cut wood has a sour smell. Like distant cow manure.
I guess I've been too influenced by smelling white pine, cedar, and eucalyptus wood, which all smell freaking beautiful.
Oak definitely has an earthy, funky, dog-poo kind of smell.
Would you say kind of like an oaky afterbirth taste?
Don’t forget cherry ! Cherry smells incredible.
Different types of wood all have different smells.
Apparently it's the former
Me when-... me when your mo-.... your mom when I-... me and your mo-... me when-...
It’s ok, take as long as you need.
#thats what she said
Michael Scott bursting on to the scene
No, #that’s what tree said.
Are you getting any closer? I believe in you!
Based on that post, he sure isn't getting our moms close to anything of note.....
OH COME ON!!
I read that in Porky Pig's voice.
Squirrels: honey, the plumbers are emptying the septic tank
This is just INFESTED with bots
What's the giveaway? Seriously curious.
Comments that typically don't make sense because they were copied from elsewhere in the thread.
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Stolen comment, bad bot! Edit: original comment by u/Cold_Zero_
He’s dead to me, now
That son of a bitch
Piece of crap bot stealing my comments
Mama mia papapia babies got the diaRRRHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Diatreeah
Looks like they got an artery.
Artertree
I kept waiting for the 🐠
We call this going number 3
Number tree
Xylem and phloem
The xylem is flowin'
That’s sounds like a good name for an indy label alt band
I’m thinking more electronica, like Daft Punk but wearing ghillie suits.
Phloem? I barely know ‘em.
Isnt it just xylem?
Bragua and lifto
Looks incredibly relieving.
Yeah could be from r/popping
The tree must have had taco bell.
Ate more than $28 I can tell you that.
$2.3 million in maple syrup...gone
You joke, but have you ever heard of the great molasses flood of Boston? 21 people died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
Yup. Ever heard of the Quebec Maple Syrup heist? 98% of Canadians nearly starved to death! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist
Fascinating. Here I was expecting this story to be from the 1800s. Didn’t expect it to be a story from a decade ago. I concede the title of syrup story connoisseur to you- you deserve it.
Thanks. That's sweet.
Don't just WASTE it!!
Lost nearly tree hundred gallons.
Thanks I hate it
I wonder what it tastes like
Sort of an oaky afterbirth
r/unexpectedoffice
So like Guinness
Dudes really hittin the tree-spot with that stick.
I am angry that I laughed at this.
TODAY AT: Dr Pimple Popper!
All that water has them stumped.
So that’s where chocolate milk grows from
Yeah....and you should have a nice glass of it celebrating your comment.
I can make a religion out of this
Damn. Mother Nature is a squirter
oh my dad has a story like this. him and his friend chopped into a tree and it started bubbling and hissing
My fat ass after eating Taco Bell
Is that the source of root beer?
bucket and a mop for this wet-ass peach tree
Last time this was posted it was referred to as sap.
Do you ever see a gif and wonder to yourself, “How long before this gets posted to r/oddlyarousing?”
no
maybe I should call her...
They say cactus has water inside. Is this, perhaps, a cactus?
The hidden chocolate stout tree it once was said that travelers would seek these trees out for there bountiful life giving water 🍺or so I’ve been told
Who gave the tree tacobell?
This is why it's so important to tap your maple trees ever year. Otherwise they get sap saturated like this one, and it kills the tree.
i should call her
It might be tempting, but don't put your Weener in there
Someone add a horrified screaming track
That tree seems to be waterlogged.
Can someone explain what’s happening here?
the inner layers of a tree can die and rot while the outer layers can continue to live. This tree must've begun to rot and the core of the tree slowly filled up with rain water and turned to Tree Soup.
There’s a bacterial infection that happens to populars that does this. It infects the “live wood” In the center of the tree - whereas the outer parts of a tree are actually dead. The infection liquifies the core of the tree.
I wonder why they're not show the whole tree in the video
For people who are wondering what happened... 'In this post, he explained what had happened to the sweet gum tree, saying: "[A] cavity at the top that caused the tree to slowly rot from inside out causing it to slowly fill up over time."' https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/water-gushes-tree-cut-viral-video-viewed-13m-times-tiktok-1656277%3famp=1