On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 01:53:15 GMT, "David J Bockman"
wrote:

For Silver Maples, the safest time is very early spring, just prior to bud
break (keep an eye peeled for flowering, then go for it just as the buds
swell).

Why is waiting that long appropriate? It seems to me that the sap
would be running then and would leak from the wound attracting
insects.

John