2. Wood petrifies when it is immersed in a mineral solution that is able to penetrate the tissue spaces, leaving behind a stone like material. Possibly requires an anoxic environment to inhibit ordinary decay processes.
Wood can be petrified in a matter of days or weeks given the right chemical "cocktail'. Although the exact recipe is patented by Hamilton Hicks of Greenwich, Connecticut, the mix includes materials...
First of all it is "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" and second of all no wood because woodchucks are allergic to wood