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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:29 pm 
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This post is to help Dave in Aledo who called in to "The Natural Way" today and due to time restraints, I needed to post this in order to help. :)
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=130&set_theme=1
If you’ve already had trees die, can you use the wood for firewood and mulch? Since the fungal mats form on red oaks only, not on live oaks, the live oak wood can be used for firewood without any worry of spreading the oak wilt disease. Red oak wood needs to be stacked in a sunny location and covered with clear plastic to form a greenhouse effect to kill the beetles and fungal mats. When oaks are shredded into mulch, the aeration kills the pathogens and eliminates the possibility of disease spread. That goes for all species.
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