Post when you see Budding trees

[Tor Haxson]

Athens County Bud report..

-edit- failed to mention all my trees are on a north facing slope.

I do not tap silvers, but I noticed silvers budding in valley along the hocking River a few days ago.

I do tap reds and 2 of my reds are just starting to bud today.

One is a fast growing red that gets lots of sun, about midway between the ridge and the valley. I tap it even though it is small, I intend to kill it this year or the next so that the sugar maple that is being shaded by it can take over.

The other budding red is a woods grown red, but a dominant tree with a high crown.

I have reds on the ridge that are in a mixed wood and not dominant trees, they have not budded yet.

No Sugar Maples have budded yet.

I am ready to call it a season, if I have another boil in me, I might pull the reds off of my mostly sugar tubing lines to keep the buddy sap away from the good sap.

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Tor