Frost Cracking, Sugar Maples and Syrup Making

Talking Trees with Davey Tree · Feb 11, 2021 · 22m

R.J. Laverne, Manager of Education and Training for Davey Tree, talks about identifying maple trees, who can make syrup and what to do about frost cracking on your trees.

In this episode we cover:

Benefits of Sugar Maples (0:45)

Maple syrup making (2:53)

Frost cracking (6:13)

Species prone to frost cracking (8:20)

Young trees and damage to circulatory system (9:45)

Port of entry for decay producing organisms (11:24)

Anything you can do? (12:26)

Identifying maple trees (14:02)

Identifying Sugar Maples from Red Maples, Silver Maples and Norway Maples (15:55)

Why R.J. enjoys his job (17:38)

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