Brent
03-17-2012, 12:26 AM
So after losing more sap at the beginning of the season, and having ropy sap and syrup the last 2 years, I broke down and
got a Sap Steady.
First the best news is that the ropy sap did not re-appear this year. We may never know the source that the microbes causing it
came from, but I'm sure happy we didn't have to dump and clean again.
Secondly, I took a couple of jars from the same tank of raw saw and saved one straight out of the tank and the other after it
had been through the Sap Steady.
I used a diabetics blood glucose meter to test and there was about 15% more sugar in the sample that had been through the
Sap Steady after sitting for 4 days.
Both bottles got milky but the raw one had a lot more scummy junk floating around .. maybe the beginning of the ropy junk.
It's encouraging that we may have more flexibility in how and when we boil next year.
got a Sap Steady.
First the best news is that the ropy sap did not re-appear this year. We may never know the source that the microbes causing it
came from, but I'm sure happy we didn't have to dump and clean again.
Secondly, I took a couple of jars from the same tank of raw saw and saved one straight out of the tank and the other after it
had been through the Sap Steady.
I used a diabetics blood glucose meter to test and there was about 15% more sugar in the sample that had been through the
Sap Steady after sitting for 4 days.
Both bottles got milky but the raw one had a lot more scummy junk floating around .. maybe the beginning of the ropy junk.
It's encouraging that we may have more flexibility in how and when we boil next year.