Timeline for How do you tap a tree for sap?
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| Oct 7, 2016 at 20:34 | comment | added | Russell Steen | @JAB -- Yes, everything is finite. But, in the context of the question asked, it is beyond extremely unlikely that a hiker would drain enough sap to kill a tree. | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 20:13 | history | edited | ab2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 7, 2016 at 19:49 | comment | added | JAB | @RussellSteen Trees do have a limited amount of sap, though. It's just that, as with humans and blood, they replenish it (but unlike humans, trees won't complain about having to walk around with a needle attached to slowly draw an equivalent amount of blood over a longer period of time). | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 13:37 | comment | added | Russell Steen | I also have not voted, but concur with James. The primary way that one would damage the tree would not be in taking too much sap, but rather in cutting too large of a tap line. Trees can be killed by cutting through too much bark around the tree. Trees aren't people. It's not like they have X quarts of "blood" after which they run out. | |
| Oct 7, 2016 at 13:22 | comment | added | James Jenkins | I didn't vote either way on this answer, but this sentence "bearing in mind not to take too much that you cause damage to the tree" indicates the answer is based on little to no real knowledge. A good drain can not take to much sap. Durring Maple syrup season sap is drained 24/7 until the end of the season. | |
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| Oct 7, 2016 at 12:24 | history | answered | Chris J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |