bleeding a tree

English translation: bleeding a tree is something you must avoid while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees

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English term or phrase:bleeding a tree
Selected answer:bleeding a tree is something you must avoid while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees
Entered by: pharris

02:52 Aug 2, 2010
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Science - Science (general) / Silviculture
English term or phrase: bleeding a tree
What does it mean to bleed a tree vs. tapping a tree?
Patricia Harris
bleeding a tree is something you must avoid while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees
Explanation:
Bleeding a tree is something you must avoid and can cause the tree to run out of sap while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees controllably for rubber, maple, etc.

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Yunas Halim
Indonesia
Local time: 07:25
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4 +4bleeding a tree is something you must avoid while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees
Yunas Halim


  

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bleeding a tree is something you must avoid while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees


Explanation:
Bleeding a tree is something you must avoid and can cause the tree to run out of sap while tapping is usually for extracting sap from trees controllably for rubber, maple, etc.




    Reference: http://www.ehow.com/how_4453389_avoid-bleeding-tree.html
    Reference: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Buds_and_Bark/tapping_s...
Yunas Halim
Indonesia
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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