Acorns and Sap

[Biggd]

Not in my yard, I had way more last year, sap too.

[Winilyme]

Not so much here in Meredith. Primarily, we have oaks, pines and beech on our property. The oaks aren't producing a whole lot of anything...so far anyway. Our squirrels aren't going to like that and I suspect they'll relocate to the OP's house. I've never seen sap on oaks.

The pines on the other hand have good years and bad. This is unquestionably a good year. Very little sap and that means a lot less cleaning it off the deck and furniture. Definitely a blessing.

All that said, I did notice beginning few days ago that our deck seemed a bit 'sticky'. I assumed it was coming from the pines in a different way than it has in the past. Upon close inspection, instead of the normal larger drops, it's like a carpet bombing of countless micro pinprick sized droplets. I can't explain this. Normally it's larger drops and spatters that tend to come down, especially, with wind or rain.

[Weekend Pundit]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

Not so much here in Meredith.

All that said, I did notice beginning few days ago that our deck seemed a bit 'sticky'. I assumed it was coming from the pines in a different way than it has in the past. Upon close inspection, instead of the normal larger drops, it's like a carpet bombing of countless micro pinprick sized droplets. I can't explain this. Normally it's larger drops and spatters that tend to come down, especially, with wind or rain.

That's what I've been seeing, the micro droplets. I have to clean the windshield on my pickup every morning. Just before I closed up the house for the night I stepped outside and my driveway felt sticky.

A friend thought it might be caused by an infestation of aphids, so I took a closer look at some of the leaves on one of the oaks in my yard and even with a magnifying glass I couldn't see any. That doesn't mean they aren't there, but just that I didn't see any.

[tis]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

Not so much here in Meredith. Primarily, we have oaks, pines and beech on our property. The oaks aren't producing a whole lot of anything...so far anyway. Our squirrels aren't going to like that and I suspect they'll relocate to the OP's house. I've never seen sap on oaks.

The pines on the other hand have good years and bad. This is unquestionably a good year. Very little sap and that means a lot less cleaning it off the deck and furniture. Definitely a blessing.

All that said, I did notice beginning few days ago that our deck seemed a bit 'sticky'. I assumed it was coming from the pines in a different way than it has in the past. Upon close inspection, instead of the normal larger drops, it's like a carpet bombing of countless micro pinprick sized droplets. I can't explain this. Normally it's larger drops and spatters that tend to come down, especially, with wind or rain.

I have noticed less sap from the pines also but tons of pine needles this year.