Baymule
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Cat poo on a stick. Sounds like festival food. LOL LOL
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rachels.haven
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Your black knot is sootier than the stuff we get. I don't think that means much, as it's still a problem either way. Good luck.
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That tree was taken out yesterday and burned. When we first saw it I was pretty sure it was a fungus but I had never seen it before. We have a dark fungus that covers everything when the wind comes at us out of Lynchburg where the Jack Daniels distillery is. The area and trees around the distillery looks like it has been blow torched so that may have something to do with it being sootier.
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Bruce
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It would have anything to do with poop would it???
Yep black knot, the only way to get rid of it is to cut off the offending branches and burn them as you did. AH next door neighbor at our prior house (SMALL lots) had a plum tree in the front yard that was FULL of black knot, not to mention the sawflies that infested the fruit every year. He eventually cut the tree down .... and threw everything over the back fence into the ravine. Fortunately I don't think there were many, if any, other fruit trees in the neighborhood. Certainly not at any of the nearby houses. No idea how his tree got it. He never did anything to rid the area of sawflies.
drstratton
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I'm back home and I asked my oldest son if he had heard of Black Knot...he hasn't! It must be more prevalent in your neck of the woods! It doesn't seem to be a thing in the Pacific NW!
Baymule
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So what’s going on at the Jack Daniels distillery? Black sooty stuff all over, what causes that?
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More than likely the making of charcoal briquets from the barrels the whiskey is aged in....
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I cut and pasted a bit of an article by a writer about what he observed after going on a tour of the facilities. That tour is at the top of requests to see for people that visit us.
The bark was extremely black and gave the trees a dramatic appearance. That's because they have been tainted by Baudoinia compniacensis — a whiskey fungus that's found near distilleries.
This fungus attaches to warehouses and walkways at the 150-year-old distillery. Larry Combs, Jack Daniel distillery general manager, said the fungus has been cleaned off a few of the buildings at the distillery for cosmetic purposes.
Here is a sign posted in front of a tree at the distillery.
"The funny thing about distilleries, especially old ones like Jack Daniel, they are where they are because of the water supply. You'll find these microorganisms near the water, and so the mold just comes with the setting," Combs told Business Insider.
This particular type of black fungus is common near distilleries because it uses ethanol as a source of energy for growth.
The bark was extremely black and gave the trees a dramatic appearance. That's because they have been tainted by Baudoinia compniacensis — a whiskey fungus that's found near distilleries.
This fungus attaches to warehouses and walkways at the 150-year-old distillery. Larry Combs, Jack Daniel distillery general manager, said the fungus has been cleaned off a few of the buildings at the distillery for cosmetic purposes.
Here is a sign posted in front of a tree at the distillery.
"The funny thing about distilleries, especially old ones like Jack Daniel, they are where they are because of the water supply. You'll find these microorganisms near the water, and so the mold just comes with the setting," Combs told Business Insider.
This particular type of black fungus is common near distilleries because it uses ethanol as a source of energy for growth.
