Forrest hunters
03-21-2011, 01:49 PM
First year tapping and boiling on a 4 pan block arch and finishing in turkey fryer. Attached is my log so far this year on what I have collected on boiled down. All the numbers on the dates for each bucket are inches in each bucket and are later changed to gallons by a 2.40 inches = 1 gallon.
Next to bucket number you will find a smaller number which is how mant spiles for that bucket and all mutiples of 2 are on the same tree with the exception of number 14. Next to that small number is a letter combination which is BK = 5/16" black tree saver spile, BU = 9/16" blue spile and M = 9/16" metal spile.
Below the numbers for the pick up dates are the weather from a close weather station with highs and lows for each day. Maybe next year I can get my semi high tech weather station on line to record the days temps for me.
Numbers on right are in red if they have not produced 5 gallons per tap yet this year, black for between 5 and 10 gallons and green if they have produced over 10 gallons this year. From what I am seeing so far this year I will not be putting mutiple taps on any trees next year and will be buying more 5/16" taps as I do not see a big difference with tap size. Trees 1 to 14 are at my mothers about 7 miles from me and trees 15-17 are on my property. 1-11 are in an area about 150 wide by 350 long and trees 12-14 are about 50 by 75. All trees 1-14 are on about 5 acres. More there to be had next year too.
Also in my plans are to label these tress for the same numbers next year and to determine what type of Maple they are as I went out and painted them after the leaves had fallen. Some are sugars but I think mostly Silvers, but not sure, might be wrong all together. I do know that what I have made this year is **** good.
Anyone see anything wrong with my numbers or anything I should add to get better info?
Files:
Attached spreadsheet
Pic of arch going full bore
Batch number 1 finished and canned
Bucket 16 looking wonderful in the bright sun Saturday
Helper with sap for daddy and sap buck 16 in the backgrough.
Moderators need to make .xls spreadsheets able to be attached here too.
Next to bucket number you will find a smaller number which is how mant spiles for that bucket and all mutiples of 2 are on the same tree with the exception of number 14. Next to that small number is a letter combination which is BK = 5/16" black tree saver spile, BU = 9/16" blue spile and M = 9/16" metal spile.
Below the numbers for the pick up dates are the weather from a close weather station with highs and lows for each day. Maybe next year I can get my semi high tech weather station on line to record the days temps for me.
Numbers on right are in red if they have not produced 5 gallons per tap yet this year, black for between 5 and 10 gallons and green if they have produced over 10 gallons this year. From what I am seeing so far this year I will not be putting mutiple taps on any trees next year and will be buying more 5/16" taps as I do not see a big difference with tap size. Trees 1 to 14 are at my mothers about 7 miles from me and trees 15-17 are on my property. 1-11 are in an area about 150 wide by 350 long and trees 12-14 are about 50 by 75. All trees 1-14 are on about 5 acres. More there to be had next year too.
Also in my plans are to label these tress for the same numbers next year and to determine what type of Maple they are as I went out and painted them after the leaves had fallen. Some are sugars but I think mostly Silvers, but not sure, might be wrong all together. I do know that what I have made this year is **** good.
Anyone see anything wrong with my numbers or anything I should add to get better info?
Files:
Attached spreadsheet
Pic of arch going full bore
Batch number 1 finished and canned
Bucket 16 looking wonderful in the bright sun Saturday
Helper with sap for daddy and sap buck 16 in the backgrough.
Moderators need to make .xls spreadsheets able to be attached here too.