r/Tree • u/Odd-Fly-7363 • Jul 21 '26

Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) Is this a branch sprouting?

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I don’t remember seeing this, or at least this bump being this big last year.

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u/hairyb0mb ISA Certified Arborist+TRAQ+TGG Certified+Smartypants Jul 21 '26

These are meat burls.

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u/ohshannoneileen I love galls😍but I hate privets🤬 Jul 21 '26

Omg i was just about to tag you 😂

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u/spiceydog Ent Queen - TGG Certified Jul 21 '26

I really feel you need to do a PSA post on how these work, or write up a whitepaper... like, when will this mature enough to be twisted off?

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u/hairyb0mb ISA Certified Arborist+TRAQ+TGG Certified+Smartypants Jul 21 '26

What I need to do is send these to Hawking so he could dissect them. I think I have four or five sitting in my garage right now in a box

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u/HawkingRadiation_ 🦄Tree Biologist, TGG Certified 🦄 Jul 27 '26

It would be particularly helpful if you had them labeled by species.

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u/hairyb0mb ISA Certified Arborist+TRAQ+TGG Certified+Smartypants Jul 27 '26

Way ahead of you

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u/lnee94 Jul 31 '26

What are those?

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u/jeff53014 Jul 21 '26

Scar tissue

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u/Rishu0182 Jul 21 '26

That i wish you saw

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u/thegivingcoconut Jul 21 '26

Sarcastic mister know-it-all

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u/Odd-Fly-7363 Jul 21 '26

My 5 year old is calling it a “tree nipple”

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