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We had a river birch cut down and the stump is oozing this awful looking slime. Do you know why and what we can do about it?
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Tree stump #753686
Asked June 03, 2021, 9:08 AM EDT
We had a river birch cut down and the stump is oozing this awful looking slime. Do you know why and what we can do about it?
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
The condition on your stump is called slime flux (wetwood). It is caused by bacteria formations on rotten wood. Removal of the stump will be the best method of taking care of this. Below is link for information on wetwood which is similar.
https://extension.umn.edu/trees-and-shrubs/non-harmful-tree-conditions
Will it ever stop oozing?
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On Jun 5, 2021, at 10:19 PM, Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
As long as there is rotting wood and bacterial the slime flux will likely be present.
