Finding and Collecting Pine Sap The EASY Way!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hey guys I wanted to share with all of you a video on how to find and collect pine sap the easy way. To find pine sap you need to find a tree that has been damaged and has sap exuding from the tree. Finding trees like this naturally can be difficult unless you know what to look for. This video teaches you what to look for so you can find pine sap easily. We also discuss some collection methods and tools needed for bringing your pine sap home. Pine sap is an important and useful product that can be utilized for glue or medicine and it has been in use for thousands of years. If collecting from white pine it's also a good idea to keep an eye out for any good pine needles for making tea.
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@mikemead2315 4 жыл бұрын

Great! Next steps in the process would be very interesting! Thanks!

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

I'll try to get a video out on that here soon Mike! Thanks for commenting!

@theboldlife 4 жыл бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles Ooo yes please. :)

@donboehner6005 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Josh! Happy spring. Please show how you process the pine sap and what purposes you will use it for. Thanks! I enjoy your channel. 👍

@DANKYdans 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I enjoyed the video man! Keep up the good work!

@cmvb69 4 жыл бұрын

Hope there is a part two on processing, great video

@7hilladelphia 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I enjoyed this because of no flash bang intro, straight to the point and purposeful time spent. I'm subbed and now checking out your other vids. I've been stalking the low land woods around here for ages looking for interesting edibles and so next chance I get I'll look for this, but not a lot of pine trees around here, semi tropical developed area in SE Queensland, Australia, so will be fun to see what our local types of pines have to offer. Thanks again.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I always like to keep my intros short and sweet. Thanks for commenting!

@kleineroteHex 4 жыл бұрын

Short, sweet, to the point. Love videos like that!!! Thanks!

@iyoutome 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing brother!

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@sonofabear 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I've been using pine resin in some art projects

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

It's a pretty versatile item to have around, thanks for commenting!

@spudinator1522 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched this video and can safely say, I found a nice clump of it as well as some little pieces. Gonna make the glue tomorrow for something Im working on (as of Wed, june 1)

@MyTube4Utoo 4 жыл бұрын

A new video! Yay!

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you're excited!

@mickw9660 4 жыл бұрын

Would have loved more video, maybe uses for pine sap and how to boil it down/strain/keep it

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

There's a video on my channel titled: All About Pine Pitch that might be what you're looking for. Hope this helps and thanks for commenting!

@Violentwindslens Ай бұрын

Really cool. I used your video to help me find sap for glue. Used charcoal as a binder. It works really well to bind the handle of the splitting handle on my hatchet

@TrilliumWildEdibles Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful for you! Yeah the glue is phenomenal and incredibly durable.

@Violentwindslens 29 күн бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles I just modified mine with a little bit of baking soda, and it made an insanely stro g bond to fit my hatchet head onto my newly fashioned white oak handle

@controlfoodcontrolthepeopl5627 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome back Josh

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Teja!

@jonmichaelroberts 3 ай бұрын

Surprised no-one is talking about tree health in the comments. Pine Resin is to protect the injured tree, so taking a lot from a live tree, or any is effectively picking their scabs. Not saying we shouldn't do it, just good to think about it and be aware of the level of injuries, need for the resin, availability of downed trees, etc.

@1okemes1 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was on of the last « coureur des bois « ( woodsman ) and used to give his children pine sap every fall against the « flu « , for the lungs.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 3 жыл бұрын

That's really cool! I've always been interested in the courer des bois as my area in Central Indiana has a bit of history with them, mainly around Fort Ouieatanon in Lafayette. Thanks for sharing a bit of your history with us all!

@ac-Lukesbiggestfan 6 ай бұрын

Pine resin is poisonous.. You know that right?

@TrilliumWildEdibles 6 ай бұрын

@ac-251b37-yNx That depends largely upon the species and what we're calling resin. For example some call sap resin and in that case the sap of white pine or blue spruce for example are safe and have hundreds of years of history as medicine, even internally. However if you take red pine sap, historically used to make turpentine, and concentrate it through processing which some people also call resin, like was done to make turpentine, then ingest internally then yes it is poisonous.

@ac-Lukesbiggestfan 6 ай бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles Thank you my friend. Here where I live we have more red pine than anything. I know that it is not safe to ingest. Concentrated or not I'm not planning on licking trees. I do however make my own Rifle Stock Varnish. Which includes Pine, Spruce and Oak. Usually I'd go for amber because it gives the best colors. But it is time consuming. Edit: You should really consider using an old coffee can or any large can for that matter, instead of a plastic bag. I find it is easier to collect and use instead of scraping it off of plastic if the sap is wet. But that is just how I do things. Cheers!

@darlatobin2240 5 ай бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles actually it heals the body. Look in the Merck Manuals from 1890's. They cannot patent it.

@ronringwald5120 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Josh, nice beard, great info on pine pitch, anything new on the book deal 😃

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Ron, thanks man I'm glad you like the beard! Not much new as of yet on the book front except for getting some pictures for it and some chapters done. Thanks for asking though, I appreciate it!

@onenickelmiracle 3 жыл бұрын

I have a splinter on my foot and I need to find some to pull it out. Hope it works.

@Tom-Travels 10 ай бұрын

I use pine resin to make sticky glue boards. I mix the resin with castor or linseed oil. Add beeswax to thicken.

@bread-ih9lm 5 ай бұрын

found an old undisturbed pine tree with a pine bed. the tree had an injury way at the top that constantly bled as the tree grew. the injury must have been on a limb or something further away from the trunk. the sap soaked into 4-6 inches pf pine needle at the base. cut out a big circle of it. just a friendly reminder to look down also.

@erarebirth 4 жыл бұрын

What do you use it for? If you ingest it, does it matter the type of pine tree?

@AliAhmadi-hq9pj Жыл бұрын

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@MyTube4Utoo 4 жыл бұрын

Native Americans used pine sap for medicinal purposes. The resin gets either chewed on or made into a beverage by mixing with water. It is known to be very effective in treating stomach ulcers and rheumatoid arthritis. Please do your own research, however.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, it can also be used externally to seal up cuts or to pull out splinters. It's antibacterial so it helps to clean out the cut too. Thanks for commenting!

@bradlcnm 5 ай бұрын

Pickin' scabs 😄

@ottodydaktyk 4 жыл бұрын

What is it used for?

@PACstove 4 жыл бұрын

Natural suture for wounds. Pine rosin for ropes or water proofing. Distill it. Fire starter. Balms. Glue. Filter it using the soup can method. pacstove.com/utility-%26-processing

@7hilladelphia 4 жыл бұрын

Ryan iverson nice link, thanks

@ottodydaktyk 4 жыл бұрын

@@PACstove thank you! I learn something new every day!

@PACstove 4 жыл бұрын

@@ottodydaktyk www.wisegeek.com/what-is-pine-tar-soap.htm#didyouknowout

@RachelTeeKae 4 жыл бұрын

Do you melt it down and mix it with something for abrasions?

@MyTube4Utoo 4 жыл бұрын

+RachelTeeKae Native Americans used pine sap for medicinal purposes. The resin gets either chewed on or made into a beverage by mixing with water. It is known to be very effective in treating stomach ulcers and rheumatoid arthritis. Please do your own research, however. Good luck.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

@Rachel I have a video on my channel titled: All About Pine Pitch that answers your question better than I could in a video. Hope that helps!

@iac4357 3 жыл бұрын

What about showing how to Scar a tree, to get the sap flowing !

@TrilliumWildEdibles 3 жыл бұрын

This is on state forest land so I can't legally do that.

@bowmanvmi 3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of already damaged and wounded trees out there that don't require us to intentionally wound a tree.

@MrMCKlebeband 2 жыл бұрын

this stuff is actually *not sap* but *resin* sap is sugary water from trees, like maple... boiled down to increase sugar content, everyone knows it as maple syrup.

@davidboudreau4877 4 жыл бұрын

Never said what you use it for

@MyTube4Utoo 4 жыл бұрын

He mentions it briefly in the description under the video, but you can do a quick search for, "uses for pine sap," of course.

@controlfoodcontrolthepeopl5627 4 жыл бұрын

Josh also did a previosly video on sap

@timmynormand8082 4 жыл бұрын

@@MyTube4Utoo he said it heals the tree. He .ight be a tree doctor.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

@David What Teja said is correct, I have done a previous video on the different uses for it. The video is titled: All About Pine Pitch. Hope that video helps some, plus there are many other great videos on the subject here on KZfaq as well.

@BarefootBeekeeper 4 жыл бұрын

That's resin, not sap. Sap is the watery liquid that is carried up the trunk into the branches and leaves. Resin is excreted by the tree to protect itself from infection. NOT THE SAME THING.

@RachelTeeKae 4 жыл бұрын

Phil Chandler When we were little, we called it pine gum and we were always trying to get a blob of it and chew it. It was so bitter.

@nagihangot6133 4 жыл бұрын

@@RachelTeeKae Nice.

@plagueCLUTCH 27 күн бұрын

If it was so biter why did you always try to get a glob and chew it? Kids like sweet the opposite flavor lol what?

@plagueCLUTCH 27 күн бұрын

Man this gun is so bitter you want some? Uh…no… This gum is sweet so you want a piece? Hell yeah!!!” I just don’t understand lol

@dr.chrisstar3527 3 жыл бұрын

How do I melt down my pine sap, very solidified and lots of bark

@TrilliumWildEdibles 3 жыл бұрын

Just melt it like you would beeswax. A lot of people prefer to use a double boiler setup to avoid fire risk which I'd recommend if it has a lot of bark in it as the sap and bark is highly flammable. As it melts you can just pick out the bark with a spoon or tweezers. I normally don't use a double boiler but I'm extremely comfortable with the process so it's up to you really.

@marystachowiak7272 4 жыл бұрын

Jesus's Blessings

@gabrielarchambault8034 10 ай бұрын

Is there a way to farm sap?

@TrilliumWildEdibles 10 ай бұрын

Yes actually! The basic gist is to make a v shaped cut in the trunk of the pine tree and then wait. The sap will slowly collect in the cut. However I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this will harm the tree and make it more susceptible to disease and pests so be aware of that!

@ateamofone 4 жыл бұрын

Why cant you just tap a pine tree like you do a maple??

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

You kind of can actually. By making a v shaped cut in the tree that's about 3/4 an inch deep the sap will leak out and collect there for easy gathering. I can't do that method here as I was on Public Land while filming and it would be immoral and illegal to degrade public property like that.

@jaggerpennington7619 5 ай бұрын

Use a silicone container it’s easier to get all of it

@dianalynn6899 4 жыл бұрын

If this is a trees natural way of healing, I would let the tree heal.

@TrilliumWildEdibles 4 жыл бұрын

Some of this was collected from a dead tree. When I collect from a live tree I always leave some over the wound so as not to expose the wood again. This helps protect the tree and keeps tree bark out of the sap/resin that's collected. Thanks for commenting Diana!

@dianalynn6899 4 жыл бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles thank you for your explanation. 👍😃

@dfgdfbsdfvv832 3 жыл бұрын

but it can heal you 2 ;)

@etherealaesthetics4706 4 жыл бұрын

"But that's just part of collecting pine sap."

@undefinednull5749 Ай бұрын

The video fails about showing the finding.

@TrilliumWildEdibles Ай бұрын

Literally in the first 50 seconds.

@undefinednull5749 Ай бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles you show some pile of dead pine sticks. I expected more than that.

@TrilliumWildEdibles Ай бұрын

It shows a dead pine tree that fell. That's the easiest way to find pine sap because it's easier to see than checking every single pine tree in an area hoping that som sap is sticking out. I'm not sure I understand what more someone could expect?

@undefinednull5749 Ай бұрын

@@TrilliumWildEdibles maybe I need to look more , but so far no ready to collect resin is available. Maybe it depends on the surrounding habitat or other factors? Maybe you could kindly explain how to cut tree to collect it and how many Days it takes to harden enough to be worth it. Maybe some natural or bushcraft ways to make this efficient .?

@TrilliumWildEdibles Ай бұрын

Unfortunately there really isn't a super efficient way to collect a lot of it quickly unless you get really lucky. For example; just down my street a neighbor has a huge white pine that had a limb fall off several years ago and i got about 3/4 a cup worth from it just last week. But that's after years of sap oozing out from a limb that was about 2 1/2 ft. In diameter. Another example is several years ago I collected some from a friend's pine tree. I was able to fill a 16oz. Mason jar in minutes. However he and his brothers have been whacking at that tree with hatchets for over 15 years. So really the most efficient way is just finding it. And yeah environmental factors are a big part of it. Places I usually check are areas with loads of down pine trees because it's almost guaranteed that some were wounded in the process, thereby oozing sap out for collection. Which is why i showed that in the video. White pines seem to produce better in my experience than red pine so keep an eye out for white pine. However there is something else. In the late winter and early spring, think maple syrup season, you can make a series of "v" shaped cuts spaced about 1 ft. Apart in the tree of your choice. Sap will ooze out of these cuts and you can go back later and collect it. The reason for that time of year is it's known as the sap running season, which means more sap. Keep in mind though it will take years for it to harden and not be sticky to the touch so you're better off just dealing with the stickiness. Lastly I should mention that cutting into a pine tree can expose it to bacteria and pathogens that can kill it and potentially spread to other trees in the area so I don't recommend this method.