cloudy sap?

[walkerpa]

The temp got up in the 50's today and some of my buckets have cloudy sap in them. Is that bad sap? should i dump it or can i still use it? If the cloudy sap is bad does that mean i should i clean the bucket? or will the next day not be cloudy from the same tap?

[Maplewalnut]

Walker --the cloudy sap is probably bacteria starting to grow. You will see that on warmer days especially if you are on buckets. boil it as fast as you can and it will still produce good tasting but darker syrup. Where in Pa are you that is was above 50 degrees? Never got above 28 here today!