Bjarte Runderheim wrote:

"Sherfey" wrote in message
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P.S. I am glad it does.
"Sherfey" wrote in message
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I took a trunk of cherry that was cut down from the local bank . Not

very

thick...about 8". When I turned my wife a small dish to put her rings in
when she does "raw meat" and etc., it had this awsome spalt to it. It
had
just been cut down and I hadn't noticed any signs of distress before.
(go
to bank weekly}. I think this was a healthy tree cut down for improvment

.

Any reason for so much spalting?



Spalting is a growth of several fungi in the wood after it is dead.
It takes som dampness and warmth to develop.

Bjarte


It does not necessarly have to be dead to spalt. The fungi growth can
occur in a sick or damaged tree as well.