I've always bought my Popple bud oil from a trappers supply.
This year I'm trying my hand at making some.

How long does it need to

Seep
Soak
??? I figure-months but I don't know?

I was wondering if this is how it's made!!! What are you using for your solvent, a form of alcohol?

What are you soaking then in?

Quality
Olive oil, Italian

is it to be from male or female trees ?
looks like a mess of female flowers in that jar.

I used to add buds from male trees to my castor.

Squeeze it!

I made it in my crockpot last time. After a big wind last year a lot of the sticky buds were laying all over under the poplar trees.. Striped the buds off the branches. Packed as many as I could into the crockpot and covered with grape seed oil. Put on high till it warmed up a little, then put it on low for one hour. After that I put it on keep warm for maybe 6 or 7 hours. Shut it off and pressed it down with a potato masher a few times then put it through a sieve with cheese cloth while hot into mason jars

So whats popple?

a tree in the forest that is not a trembling aspen below the 49th

Is it similar to our Cottonwoods here?

Poplar Bud Infused Oil 1 part poplar buds 2-3 parts extra virgin olive oil (or oil of your choice) Put your buds in a clean glass jar. Pour oil over the buds and cover. Let steep on a dark, cool shelf, anywhere from six weeks to a year or more. Stir or shake the jar every few days for the first few weeks.

Best time to use this oil? Spring/Fall or does it make a difference?

It's a great rat lure. Works on beaver also. Spring or fall.

Appreciate that Beav

Don't know the difference with trees?

Yes

Cottonwood is what I use