How Can I Keep Excessive Sap Out Of My Garden?

Question

We have a large pine tree in our yard. It leaks excessive amounts of sap all year round. The sap gets on our patio and tracked into the house. The tree is too large to cut down. Any advice on different ways we can fix this problem?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, short of cutting it down, there isn't much that you can do for pine sap production. As you have found out, it will produce, year-round!

There are ways to remove the sap once it is coating your stuff, but short of cutting it down, there isn't much else to be done.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/how-to-remove-tree-sap.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/pine/pine-tree-sap-information.htm