Results are in. I soaked 5 pieces of green Mulberry about 1 inch diameter by 10 inches long in 3 gallons of pond water for 72 hours. The water was a little cloudy at the end of the 72 hours. I put in 2 BG about 2.5 inches long last evening and they were dead this morning. I also placed 4 BG in 3 gallons of fresh pond water last evening as a control and they were lively this morning.

Conclusive? I wonder if I used green wood from any deciduous tree if the result would be the same. Is the cloudiness of the water an indication something else is going on? Should only dead and cured branches be used for structure?

Hmmm....I think more investigation is warranted.

Has anybody else run a similar test using green wood from another species of tree? I would like to hear your results.

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