Tapping today 1/27/2013

[5050racing]

Going to tap today and try to catch this warm up?any ideas?

[shane hickey]

Tap them all but your operation looks rather small
Maybe i would wait till after this next cold spell

[happy thoughts]

I agree with shane and it looks like I'm in the same class as you 5050- a few buckets on gravity. The warm up looks too short and you may not get enough to make it worth your while boiling this week. Better temps look likely near mid feb per the long range forecast. If you tap now you may also shorten the season due to bacteria closing up your taps sooner. I'm going to wait a few weeks and go for the longer run.

[Starting Small]

I tapped in CT yesterday and will finish up today. I remember reading somewhere that the temperature in the crown of the trees where the freeze and thaw of the twigs creates the pressure can be up to 5 degrees different than on the ground. I am hoping that will make some of the marginal temperature days allow some sap to flow.

[5050racing]

Well I went for it,35 taps and the big trees I left 1 tap out so I can add later,Last year if I waited I would of had none.Thanks for your input will see how it turns out,thats how we learn my 3rd year,but did it as a kid 35 years ago for a few years.Thanks again!! I will let you know

[5050racing]

Well went up in the woods and did my first collection and WOW! I have 19 trees and about 21 gal.Today started out at 32 and now it's 45,going to 60 wed.I think it will run all night.The trees are all wet from condensation since we had temps down to 5 in the mornings and not above freezing for sometime.I think I'll be boiling thursday since the warm temps with frozen jugs of ice in the storage tank don't want to loose it to the warm weather.

[5050racing]

By the way I have 17 sugars and 2 silvers ,The sugars were about 2% and little more and the silvers were about 1.5% that hydrometer is hard to see oh thats my eyes almost 50

[Starting Small]

I am jealous, I was hoping for a big flow today but her in northern CT it never got above 40. I was lucky to have the lines unfreeze.

[5050racing]

They are all rippin,maybe 60 wed. then looks good 2 days from there 38 to 20 for a couple days?Hey I'm down to 4 hives from 7 after that bear stopped by 2 days in a row before the electric fence got put up!

[5050racing]

Today it's 65 out and what a run today,25 gallons today and still running but I think it will slow you would think?? Going to boil Thursday!! YEAH!! hopefully it turns out to be a gallon plus!

[Cazzanooch]

I tapped Sunday evening- 29 taps with tubing into buckets. By yesterday afternoon had 65+ gallons :D

[5050racing]

Nice good luck this year,where are you about,me near as bury,Bloomsbury?

[jerseymaple]

Glad to hear trees running. I was going to tap 10 or so trees on Sunday, but bagged it to go clamming. Going to wait till mid febuary. After last nights winds glad I did, Id have buckets all over the place it I had tapped.

[5050racing]

What part of the shore are you from,work with alot of guys down there/