Got a few questions for those in the know. Have a what appears to be a sizeable burl, on a tree that's been dead for some time, and wondering if it's worth the effort to beg permission to harvest it, dig it up, clean it up, figure out how to saw it up, fill the hole up, etc. etc.
Tree has been dead long enough the bark is starting to peel off of it, not in a rotten fashion, but rather in large solid slabs. And, it appears there may be some rotting at the base although this may well be just a critter hole under the trunk, which raises questions as to the possibility there could be a skunk den thereunder. Is this burl game kind of a crap shoot? Am I subject to go to all this trouble and find the whole thing is rotten after going to all the trouble?
However... if it has started rotting, then we raise potential for spalting, in which case it may well be worth my time.
Species in question is Pecan, and this tree would likely exceed 36" at chest height. So you can only imagine the diameter of this burl. I'm guessing 25 feet ish to top of what's left. Out on an old farm, nothing close except a fence that one of the limbs has already fallen over and torn down.
How deeply do pecan trees typically root under burls?
Tree has been dead long enough the bark is starting to peel off of it, not in a rotten fashion, but rather in large solid slabs. And, it appears there may be some rotting at the base although this may well be just a critter hole under the trunk, which raises questions as to the possibility there could be a skunk den thereunder. Is this burl game kind of a crap shoot? Am I subject to go to all this trouble and find the whole thing is rotten after going to all the trouble?
However... if it has started rotting, then we raise potential for spalting, in which case it may well be worth my time.
Species in question is Pecan, and this tree would likely exceed 36" at chest height. So you can only imagine the diameter of this burl. I'm guessing 25 feet ish to top of what's left. Out on an old farm, nothing close except a fence that one of the limbs has already fallen over and torn down.
How deeply do pecan trees typically root under burls?