What is this in my Oaktree?

treeseer · 3rd January 2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by treevet

Throwing them away might be a better idea so they (inhabitants) do not multiply. Also if you take them in your warm house at the wrong time you may have a small wasp and other opportunistic creatures as guests.

Good point.

"Don't see galls as a very good subject for art as they are not very woody or dense."

Hmm maybe if sliced cleanly in half then exposed to the sun and irradiated then sprayed with a lacquer...?

treevet · 3rd January 2009, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by treeseer

Good point.

"Don't see galls as a very good subject for art as they are not very woody or dense."

Hmm maybe if sliced cleanly in half then exposed to the sun and irradiated then sprayed with a lacquer...?

Christmas ornament maybe? With some augmentation?

Leif Raukleiv · 4th January 2009, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by treevet

Throwing them away might be a better idea so they (inhabitants) do not multiply. Also if you take them in your warm house at the wrong time you may have a small wasp and other opportunistic creatures as guests. Don't see galls as a very good subject for art as they are not very woody or dense.

Of course you have a point here. I just hate to waste a piece of wood without having investigated it.
There will probably possible to kill these creatures in some way or other.

Nevertheless, "potatoes" are harmless.
Leif.

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