To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Summer pruning
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:13:56 -0400
Maples, Birches and Black Walnuts are known to be spring bleeders. They should be pruned in the mid summer to avoid excessive sap run. Aparently, the spring bleeding of sap does not do much harm to the tree - but it does look unsightly.