Sap frozen in buckets

[to100]

I had some buckets with 1 inch of ice with gallon of liquid.
Should I melt the ice? Or filter it out since it is water and the sugar is now more concentrated.
Thanks

[Vermont Creation Hardwood]

I always toss the ice in buckets. It's nature's way of removing water in sap.

[jmp]

Ice has a low sugar content and can be tossed unless you are worried about overall volume of sap collected. Good luck!

[concord maple]

I melted down ice from buckets last weekend and ended up with 15 gal of water. Checked 2 different 5 gal buckets of it and they both were 0.5%.

[Tweegs]

I’ve taken to just leaving the ice in the buckets, helps keep the sap cool on warmer days.
I tend to throw some in the main holding tank for the same reason.

<shrug>

[jmp]

That's why I said: "low sugar content". VERY low! :)

[Ryan August]

heres a question on ice, keep it or loose it.

-So loose in from the sap bucket. I have sap/syrup in the pan, not enought to draw off yet. froze up last night with the cold, you think i should peel this ice off too? anyone?

[pierre]

I always tossed it poor man's way to an ro good luck this yr.