Sap is rising!

[pdqdl]

We removed a sugar maple today, nothing particularly special about it. Except: All the lower branches started weeping sap, just like a mid-spring removal. Little raindrops of sugar water were literally running off each cut branch.

It has been very unseasonably warm in recent weeks. It is 5:20 pm central time, and it is 67° outside right now. Our average daytime temperature in KC in January is generally below freezing. The buds on all the trees with early leaf-out are already swelling. It hasn't snowed yet this year, and there is no sign of any coming our way either.

I wonder how many trees will get killed off by leafing out, then loosing all their buds with a hard freeze in February?

Has anybody ever seen it this warm in January (apart from all you guys in warmer climates) ? I haven't.

 

[lone wolf]

We removed a sugar maple today, nothing particularly special about it. Except: All the lower branches started weeping sap, just like a mid-spring removal. Little raindrops of sugar water were literally running off each cut branch.

It has been very unseasonably warm in recent weeks. It is 5:20 pm central time, and it is 67° outside right now. Our average daytime temperature in KC in January is generally below freezing. The buds on all the trees with early leaf-out are already swelling. It hasn't snowed yet this year, and there is no sign of any coming our way either.

I wonder how many trees will get killed off by leafing out, then loosing all their buds with a hard freeze in February?

Has anybody ever seen it this warm in January (apart from all you guys in warmer climates) ? I haven't.

I dont think i have seen it like this ever.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I trimmed a elm today that had buds on it. I also removed two willows that were wet as heck and mostly rotten. Glad I decide to rent a 4x4 lift instead of climbing them. Had a squirral ride a chunk down.

 

[Kottonwood]

well looks like global warming will be good for tree guys...... in the short term

I just drove the highway 30 through wyoming and didn't see a lick of snow..... kinda scary, i have been snowed on in July in wyoming

 

[sgreanbeans]

I have never seen it this warm in Jan either. A few years ago, we hard a early winter, snow dump in Nov, then it was below freezing for several weeks, then! all of a sudden, it jumps to 60 for 2 weeks, buds swelled and some small shrubs started to leaf out, and then BAM, 0 degrees, it paid hell on the birches. Many looked as if they where toasted. Had HO's freakin out, told them to let them be, see what happens in the spring, most rebounded just fine, some died. Had one that I planted, the HO was convinced it was dead, it wasn't, but I replaced it anyways, (his cost) took old tree that he was convinced was dead and planted it here. Now its about 30' and beautiful. Its the one next to my garage in any of my pics.

 

[pdqdl]

I must be getting fickle in my old age.

Yesterday I was commenting about the unseasonably warm weather. Shirtsleeves only!

Today? It's 18° right now at 5:00 am, and we have been doing snow removal since 1:00 am. I thought the ground was too warm for the snow to stick, but I was wrong. It's nasty slick in places.

Midwest weather!

 

[sgreanbeans]

Yesterday I was commenting about the unseasonably warm weather. Shirtsleeves only!

Today? It's 18° right now at 5:00 am, and we have been doing snow removal since 1:00 am. I thought the ground was too warm for the snow to stick, but I was wrong. It's nasty slick in places.

Midwest weather!

AMEN BROTHER BEN! It started here last night, although there isn't much out there......yet. I'm at one of those "should I stay or should I go" point. I wanna go finish this job, but the minute I go out, it will turn real nasty, if I stay, the snow will stop and I'll be pissed!

 

[tree md]

Snow here too. I have to go bid some work but I just ain't feeling grinding stumps in the snow today.

 

[russhd1997]

The sap has been flowing here off and on since the leaves fell off of the trees last fall. If anyone were to do some fall tapping this would have been the year to do it. I'll be watching the forecast and may start tapping on Feb 11 if the extended looks good.

It is snowing here now with 3 to 6 expected before it is done. Going to be a cold one for the Pats game Saturday night. -2* predicted here about 2 hours north of Foxboro.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Think I am going to stay in, just went out to start the truck, wind is a blowing! Snow is now picking up pretty good. Sucks, just about done with this reno, gota big fat check waiting for me


mmmmmmmmmmmmm SoCal

 

[pdqdl]

The sap has been flowing here off and on since the leaves fell off of the trees last fall. If anyone were to do some fall tapping this would have been the year to do it.

...

Well of course! Your trees are probably getting environmentally fooled by all the recent eruption of political hot air.

We'll be hearing from S.Carolina guys before too long. Gingrich and all his competitors will probably have the azaleas coming out in bloom in another week.

 

[russhd1997]

Well of course! Your trees are probably getting environmentally fooled by all the recent eruption of political hot air.

We'll be hearing from S.Carolina guys before too long. Gingrich and all his competitors will probably have the azaleas coming out in bloom in another week.

Hadn't thought of it that way but it makes sense. There has been a lot of hot air up here but it has now gone south.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Bigrod]

Cut trees this weekend and all the Walnut and soft Maples had the sap running and the Cottonwoods were real bad, it was running out of them and some of the branches were starting to get fresh buds on them.