When I cut it down the smell was pretty putrid to.

Feb 11, First of all, if your firewood actually stinks when cut, split or burnt, that’s probably because it’s red oak. Red oak has a notorious reputation as being the “smelly wood” in the wood burner community, as it can smell like vomit, poop, urine, manure, or in short, anything that has a foul odor.

Image by putevodnik via Pixabay. I used to have this acacia tree, it made the soil smell like poop. I used to think it was my cats pooping in the soil, but then after we cut down the foul tree, the smell went away, so I knew it was the tree.

Jan 22, Each spring, it is normal for trees to begin to circulate water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the tree. However, sometimes, the roots of a tree stump go through this process anyway, despite the fact that there is no longer a tree. This results in a sticky, orange mess that gives off a sickly sweet shrubmulching.barg: manure. Apr 21, Location: california. Just split walnut,oak and apple and it all smells great except for a few pieces of oak that smells like shrubmulching.bar of the oak smells like tannin which it shrubmulching.bars me of whiskey barrels.

robespierre, Apr 20, #8. Apr 02, Mar 30, #4. Huh. Wonder why one of these elms smells like manure and the other has almost no smell. Different species I guess. My partially seasoned small pieces of elm burned amazingly well at the end of the season (imagine about 2 man's hands put.

Mar 25, im cutting some old 2x4s and they give a distinct aroma of puppy poo when cut. the smell seems to stick around for awhile too. these boards are old (s) framing 2x4s i took out of my attic during a remodel.

any idea why they smell that way Missing: manure. If you are using organic mulch in your garden, it undergoes decomposition. This is caused by fungal and bacterial entities present in the soil. Actinomyces are the most common organisms that break down the mulch.

Due to this breakdown, certain chemicals are released and they cause the odor. May 20, Trees That Stink. Trees should add beauty to the garden, but trees should never be chosen based on looks alone.

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Trees such as Bradford pears (Pyrus calleryana"Bradford"), maidenhair tree, tree Missing: manure. A gardner turns over soil in her garden. Smelling soil should be a pleasant experience; fresh soil gives off an earthy, but not dirty, scent. If the soil of your houseplants or outdoor plants has a rotten odor, including traces of sulfur or ammonia, then the most likely cause is that too much water gathers in the soil.