I've never seen as many of my trees just bleeding sap - Must of been a banner year for the woodpecker population.
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I've never seen as many of my trees just bleeding sap - Must of been a banner year for the woodpecker population.
Sounds like sap suckers not woodpeckers. Sap suckers will make a lot of little holes while a woodpecker normally makes one big one. In my opinion sap suckers do more damage.
Russ
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Yeah I have a few trees butchered by woodpeckers.
The best one you almost stick both fists into the opening! Busy guy.
I tapped one tree and did not realize that woodpeckers at gone at it until I went onto next tree and the dark, wet bark of the backside of the tree got my attention.
Not sure how well those trees will fair in the future.
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If it is woodpeckers, there are bugs in those trees. They don't just make holes in case there might be a bug to eat, they can detect them before making the hole. See if you can find someone (maybe from you state's co-operative extension) to determine which bugs they are after. Some bugs are a major issue in maples, others not so much.
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Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
I've got some reds here that the sap suckers have completely girdled. The tree dies from the girdled spot up and will usually break off there in a good wind storm.Originally Posted by Dennis H.
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
I haven't seen the guilty party, sapsucker is probably right though. Years back we had one of the pilated ones ripping up a sycamore tree. I've probably got 20 trees bleeding from several holes in each one.
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