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Weeping Maple tree?
Hi all, I have a 15' - 20' tall 10" - 12" diameter trunk maple tree in my
yard and it's oozing dripping sap all over the place. I looked at the bark and can see no splits or anything, seems to be just oozing out. We've had a very wet, cold fall/winter here in west central NJ zone 6 I think. Not sure what type of maple it is but it is, during summer, a very full healthy tree with fairly large green leaves. What's going on? Thanks... |
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Weeping Maple tree?
Me too. said:
Hi all, I have a 15' - 20' tall 10" - 12" diameter trunk maple tree in my yard and it's oozing dripping sap all over the place. I looked at the bark and can see no splits or anything, seems to be just oozing out. We've had a very wet, cold fall/winter here in west central NJ zone 6 I think. Not sure what type of maple it is but it is, during summer, a very full healthy tree with fairly large green leaves. What's going on? Humans aren't the only ones that know how tastey maple sap can be. With oozing on the main trunk, look for a series of shallow holes all in a line. This is the work of a woodpecker (yellow bellied sap-sucker). They make these sap wells on a variety of trees. Maples are the only ones likely to 'bleed' profusely from them, though. Dripping from the tips of branches? Critters of some sort may have snapped the tips of the branches. Squirrels will sometimes do this and come back to drink the sap or eat the sap-sicles on cold mornings. Squirrels will even chew the bark on the top of maple branches to get sap. -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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Weeping Maple tree?
Yea well, there's no shortage of squirrels or woodpeckers around here.
Thanks... "Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message ... Me too. said: Hi all, I have a 15' - 20' tall 10" - 12" diameter trunk maple tree in my yard and it's oozing dripping sap all over the place. I looked at the bark and can see no splits or anything, seems to be just oozing out. We've had a very wet, cold fall/winter here in west central NJ zone 6 I think. Not sure what type of maple it is but it is, during summer, a very full healthy tree with fairly large green leaves. What's going on? Humans aren't the only ones that know how tastey maple sap can be. With oozing on the main trunk, look for a series of shallow holes all in a line. This is the work of a woodpecker (yellow bellied sap-sucker). They make these sap wells on a variety of trees. Maples are the only ones likely to 'bleed' profusely from them, though. Dripping from the tips of branches? Critters of some sort may have snapped the tips of the branches. Squirrels will sometimes do this and come back to drink the sap or eat the sap-sicles on cold mornings. Squirrels will even chew the bark on the top of maple branches to get sap. -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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Weeping Maple tree?
Due to my experience I believe you might also have a healthy tree
without any wounds caused by animals. Iīm living in Germany in the mid of the Ruhr-Valley where we have lots of maple trees in the towns but nearly no wild animals. Unfortunately I have such a tree in front of my house and I have to park my car underneath. Okay, in the summertime I have some shadow from the tree, but it is not worth the plenty of syrup falling out of the tree on the car. Also the parking place gets ugly, I have to clean it with lot of water and very often. I donīt know why nature has given this gift to the maples, but I guess the syrup attracts insects for fertilizing the colorless blossoms. If I only could have another sort of tree at my house spending shadow, green and oxygen... Hildger, Bochum/Germany "Me too." wrote in message thlink.net... Yea well, there's no shortage of squirrels or woodpeckers around here. Thanks... "Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message ... Me too. said: Hi all, I have a 15' - 20' tall 10" - 12" diameter trunk maple tree in my yard and it's oozing dripping sap all over the place. I looked at the bark and can see no splits or anything, seems to be just oozing out. We've had a very wet, cold fall/winter here in west central NJ zone 6 I think. Not sure what type of maple it is but it is, during summer, a very full healthy tree with fairly large green leaves. What's going on? Humans aren't the only ones that know how tastey maple sap can be. With oozing on the main trunk, look for a series of shallow holes all in a line. This is the work of a woodpecker (yellow bellied sap-sucker). They make these sap wells on a variety of trees. Maples are the only ones likely to 'bleed' profusely from them, though. Dripping from the tips of branches? Critters of some sort may have snapped the tips of the branches. Squirrels will sometimes do this and come back to drink the sap or eat the sap-sicles on cold mornings. Squirrels will even chew the bark on the top of maple branches to get sap. -- Pat in Plymouth MI Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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Weeping Maple tree?
Ants, no wasps. The weeping seemed to have stopped now. Looks like the ant
are reaping the harvest. "DGiunti" wrote in message ... In article , (Hildger, Germany) writes: I donīt know why nature has given this gift to the maples, but I guess the syrup attracts insects for fertilizing the colorless blossoms. There is another potential cause for this sort of problem. Wasps are known to chew away bark to cause sap to flow to attract insects that they can eat instead, usually ants. Do you have ant trails going up the tree and wasps flying around? David Giunti email: unity What is the question? Gertrude Stein's last words No one mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing. Alan Watts On Display in the UK http://www.web-gallery.co.uk |
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