tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post10752509884315717..comments2024-01-18T14:45:58.641-05:00Comments on GeoEcology: Sugar maples in sunshine; how sweet it is...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post-52251840276621078542011-11-09T06:28:17.857-05:002011-11-09T06:28:17.857-05:00Michael, thanks for the inquiry. Your answer depen...Michael, thanks for the inquiry. Your answer depends on who you ask. You can put a single tap in trees at about one foot diameter, but they don't produce a lot of sap, so sugarbush operators may not include them in collection unless convenient. The black stuff is a fungus growing on the sap, or it's growing on honeydew secreted by aphids or scale insects. It is probably harmless.Bainnaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609978076887043709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672154078206618808.post-55482485905369358422011-11-08T14:52:06.498-05:002011-11-08T14:52:06.498-05:00would i be able to tap a sugar maple tree that'...would i be able to tap a sugar maple tree that's the with of a power-line poll or is that to small or skinny to tap because i have about 7 to 8 of these tree in my yard and their all the same size an 2 were leaking black stuff out were a branch Brok off.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537497693434148268noreply@blogger.com