Try the Sugar Theory Yourself . Despite all that, although there is no direct evidence that adding sugar water to your tree prolongs its life, there is no indication that it causes harm, either.

Currently, Ohio maple syrup producers tap red and silver maples. Local producer Brian Snavely, who operates a third-generation sugar camp in Seneca County, said they tap other maple trees, too.

The sugar maple in 2022; photographs of the tree taken in 1942, top, and 1952; the tree’s bark; and its stump. Still, I hoped we could save her. Prune the dead limbs.

For a decade, scientists have believed that plants sensed temperature mainly through specialized proteins, and mainly at ...

University of California Riverside research reveals plants use sugar and thermal signals to detect daytime heat.

Along with “big tree hunters” Carl Casey and Martin Crawford, Taylor determined that the tree was the largest sugar pine by volume known to humans, with a volume of 5,761 cubic feet. It’s ...

More than 100,000 sap-producing sugar maples snapped under the weight of ice, he said. The state’s annual maple syrup production will likely be down 25% or more, about 50,000 gallons, this year.

With increased sunlight, the trees left standing can photosynthesize more sugar, and grow faster, but, Simard says, they’re also more vulnerable and short-lived. The mycorrhizal support system ...