- Oct 17, 2012
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Just had a couple of trees chopped (on Wednesday - 3 days ago) and have just noticed that the rounds from one of them has already started to crack / split. Has anyone noticed this so quick before? it is from a Peppermint Gum, which does have a high moisture content for an native Australian tree. But i wouldn't have expected this. The other tree a Blackwood has no signs of splitting / checking.
![Rounds are cracking after 3 days. Rounds are cracking after 3 days.](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/115/115285-8bf5faf642bad465320060a4f4361c91.jpg)
![Rounds are cracking after 3 days. Rounds are cracking after 3 days.](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/115/115282-848831c090b60702467eb7b7aae1db6a.jpg)
![Rounds are cracking after 3 days. Rounds are cracking after 3 days.](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/115/115283-92509d7b010f76f6bbc4dbacbc0ae980.jpg)
![Rounds are cracking after 3 days. Rounds are cracking after 3 days.](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/115/115284-efabcbdb147a28f137455b2940424531.jpg)
![Rounds are cracking after 3 days. Rounds are cracking after 3 days.](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/115/115285-8bf5faf642bad465320060a4f4361c91.jpg)