Lou Meyer, business development manager for Davey's Mid-Atlantic region, joins Talking Trees to discuss why sugar maple trees are loved by arborists and tree lovers alike. Meyer also touches on sugar maple pests, different sugar maple variables and how sugar maples produce maple syrup.

In this episode we cover:

• Why do arborists love the sugar maple? (:49)
• Making space for a sugar maple in your yard (1:54)
• How are climate patterns affecting sugar maple populations? (2:35)
• Can sugar maples be treated if infected by Ambrosia beetles? (5:43)
• Are sugar maples still being planted in the Mid-Atlantic region? (7:08)
• Sugar maple variables (7:37)
• How do sugar maples produce maple syrup? (9:23)
• Maple cream pies (11:53)
• Can maple trees be pruned while they are sapping? (12:33)

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To learn more about sugar maple sapping and pests/diseases, read our blogs, Tapping Doesn’t Seriously Damage Maple Trees (But Don't Plug Holes) and What Disease Is Killing My Maple Tree.

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