Nothing running for me

[jake22si]

I have 8 taps at my house and 24 taps 4 miles down the road. Have been getting 5-10 gallons a day at my house and about the same down the road. I'm hoping the ones down the road start running soon, but the past 2 days I haven't really got much out of anything, not even worth dumping the buckets. Hopefully it picks up this weekend.

[325abn]

Oh don't you worry!:) I think we are in for a massive run with big big sap starting this weekend!!

BIG SAP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE!

[Wingo87]

Same with me no sap the last two days. Not getting cold at night :/ I hope it will get cold tonight. I was getting 5+ gallons most days too.

[team40]

Oh don't you worry!:) I think we are in for a massive run with big big sap starting this weekend!!

BIG SAP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE!

I hope the sam goes for vermont i need alot of sap to fire up the new arch

[Greyfox]

What a difference 20 miles makes. I'm just north of Loudon and I pulled 1/2 GPT yesterday and half that again today. Sugar content is low, but the run is definatly on up here. Hope thing improve for you, the forecast for the next two weeks looks great. Good luck.

[Revi]

I think we're starting slowly, which is a good thing. We got only about 1/4 or less gallons per tap yesterday and today. We just tapped another hundred, so that might help. I don't mind if it warms up slowly, because that means we won't be out of the temperature range too soon. Last year was ridiculous.

[Shawn]

Really did not get going here until Thursday when it seems everything opened up. Collected 125 gal. yesterday and first boil today:D

[bcarpenter]

Sap flow for me with 40 taps in has been much slower than I would have expected expect ally with temps creeping in or slightly above he 40's. my trees are mostly on a north slope of a hill so I am sure that must have something to do with it, but the other variable that is different for me this year is the snow pack. I am hoping that is he reason nothing is really flowing me here in Bedford, too much snow! The anticipation is killing me as a second year sugarer.

I am running some tubing and some buckets and both are not really running yet. I had a small run middle of the moth so I am sure everything works, looks like I just need to find some patience.

[MapleLady]

Sap has been slow here this week. I think we need some sun to get those trees going! Sunshine is encouraging here this morning!

[Birdland Sugarbush]

Slow here too in Weare. The weather has been a bit of tease. Looks like a sunny day in the morning, then clouds up. I'm hoping that as temperatures rise and we get sunny days that we'll get more flow.

At least it gives me a chance to put more taps in...

[Wingo87]

No hard freeze again last night and very little sap again today. 3rd day in a row :(

[325abn]

NADDA, ZELCHO, EL ZIPPO...........................................

Tapping today and the holes are just uzzing kinda teasing us!

Mother Mother won't you please release your prize! :) :)

[Lloyd Miller]

The same poor flow here in Albany area of NY. Again no cold nights. some buckets had zero sap! Last night's temp was better and todays flow was barely OK.
Hopefully next week will be better.

[half-full-buckets]

Tapped about 30 trees today and I couldn't be happier. Sap was running almost a staedy stream. Could fall asleep to the pidder-padder in the buckets.

[325abn]

Where are you Half-Full?

[jake22si]

yeah wheres that?
Tapped about 30 trees today and I couldn't be happier. Sap was running almost a staedy stream. Could fall asleep to the pidder-padder in the buckets.

[bcarpenter]

I had about a 1/2 gallon of sap on 40 taps yesterday. Maybe a gallon of sap the day before. It has been very depressing.

[68bird]

Got about 80 gallons from 90 gravity taps yesterday and about 60 the day before. That'll keep the Half Pint humping! Up to about 6 gallons so far. That's about half of what I made all last year.

[MapleLady]

Got only about 3/4 gallon yesterday from 31 taps. :cry:

[half-full-buckets]

I'm right on the Raymond/Candia line. Just off of Rt. 101

[Wingo87]

Finally got Into the 20's last night and now the sun is comming thru the clouds and sap running great! About time after 3 days of nothing

[Shawn]

First boil yesterday/sugar content a one, bottled up a gallon and one qt. Not running today but is starting to warm up a little

[bcarpenter]

I feel your pain, from everything I have read on the boards it sounds like its not getting cold enough at night. Hard to believe 40 degree days and 30 degree nights are causing the problem. So, I have my fingers crossed for a few 20 degree nights to hopefully break the cycle.
Got only about 3/4 gallon yesterday from 31 taps. :cry:

[jake22si]

Starting to pick up, still nothing to get excited about though

[MapleLady]

Starting to pick up, still nothing to get excited about though

Same here, but more sap today than I had yesterday.

[Wingo87]

Same with me got 8 gallons in the last 2 days, little better. They are saying 20's tonite and 40's tomorrow for me, sounds good!

[Russell Lampron]

The overnight lows have been just about perfect but the lack of sun has kept the sap from flowing good here. The best so far was last Thursday when I got 3/4gpt. The sun came out for about an hour yesterday afternoon and the sap was coming in at about 100 gals per hour from 700 taps on vacuum. That quickly slowed to about 1/2 as much as soon as the clouds drifted back in.

The forecast for tonight is a low of 24* with a high of 44* and partly cloudy skies tomorrow. Looks like BIG SAP tomorrow if the forecast holds true.

Don't worry too much yet it's still early!

[BAP]

Been slow here on top of the hill in Walpole, NH. One of the neighbors two miles down the road and a lot less elevation has been swamped with sap. I have boiled twice on my 120 taps for a short time each time. The lack of sun and our temps only getting up to 35-37 degrees is keeping the trees from thawing out quick enough to run much. The sap yesterday was 2.8% so that is a big plus. Give it time as when it is ready to run, it will.:)

[Cardigan99]

Absolutely nothing doing in Alexandria. Saturday is looking good. Windy here lately.

[MJFlores]

I wasn't getting much at all out of my 12 taps (I'm just a small time hobby guy with buckets). I added 3 more buckets Saturday, Sunday night and tonight I got 2 and 1/4 gallons each evening. That's out of 15 taps. I realize that's not a lot but for me it is, better than last year. It seems to be picking up so hopefully this weekend I can boil some down. I only have red maples and some silver (I don't tap the silvers as they don't seem to ever run for me)...maybe reds don't run sap as heavy as the sugars do? Not sure.

[Russell Lampron]

I wasn't getting much at all out of my 12 taps (I'm just a small time hobby guy with buckets). I added 3 more buckets Saturday, Sunday night and tonight I got 2 and 1/4 gallons each evening. That's out of 15 taps. I realize that's not a lot but for me it is, better than last year. It seems to be picking up so hopefully this weekend I can boil some down. I only have red maples and some silver (I don't tap the silvers as they don't seem to ever run for me)...maybe reds don't run sap as heavy as the sugars do? Not sure.

Reds don't run as good as sugars and not as sweet either. Some of mine won't run on gravity at all. They all run on vacuum and they make good tasting syrup.

[Cardigan99]

Looks like Sat might bring some big sap. 21 degrees Friday Nite, 50 and sunny on Sat.

[Wingo87]

Sap ran great for me today, got about 9 gallons. Not going to drop below freezing tonight tho, not expecting much tomorrow. More snow comming too.

[bcarpenter]

A good day for me too, actually the best one day run so far. 20 gallons on 40 taps today, I may need some more buckets!

I am still trying to get a read on the snow storm - one minute it is missing us to the south and he next it's going to bring 6-10" of heavy wet snow, all of which will take place sometime between Wednesday and Friday. Not sure they could get any vaguer?


Sap ran great for me today, got about 9 gallons. Not going to drop below freezing tonight tho, not expecting much tomorrow. More snow comming too.

[Greyfox]

Congratulations, better than 1/2 gallon per tap on buckets this early in the season is a pretty respectable day in my book. Be careful, this hobby is addicting. I got back into this deal two years ago. I was layed-off from the real job so I tapped half a dozen trees for something to do. Nothing ran too well, so I tapped in a few more...and a few more...and a few more. I ended up with 30 trees tapped, and THEN the season opened up. I ended 2011 with 232 gallons of sap that I ran through a completley homemade wood stove evaporator. I think I boiled for 142 hours a day! Last year I only pulled 42 gallons total from 36 taps. This year seems to be heading somewhere in the middle. Enjoy.

Doc

[MapleLady]

My trees kept me busy this afternoon - the best so far - 18 gallons! Looks like things are picking up! :D

[Mark-NH]

Only enough to sweeten the pans so far here. Still a couple feet of snow in the woods. Maybe the season will start for us this weekend.

Good luck and have fun to all fellow granite staters

[MJFlores]

I got the most sap I've ever seen!! 15 taps and I got 5 gallons on the nose. I have to boil some down tomorrow night...just shy of 10 gallons in the fridge right now...need to make room for more. Never saw this last year!

[325abn]

Sap was dripping a bit when I got home. But nothing to write home about. YET! :)

[Bucksaw]

Not much for me yesterday, have 40 taps out and got about 5 gallons or so. Can't wait to come home to some full buckets! Last Thursday I got quite a bit, almost all of my buckets were full so we had about 35 gallons of sap to work the kinks out of our evap.

[Russell Lampron]

Tapped my buckets last Saturday and gathered them for the first time yesterday. Some of them were close to overflowing and I got 100 gallons of sap from a little over 100 taps. With the sap from my tubing I had 750 gallons to boil in last night. Made over 16 gallons of syrup last night. I will know for sure tonight when I adjust the density and filter it.

[BrianL]

Down here in Cornish , southern exposure, got 1.3 GPT on Tuesday, 1 GPT yesterday, and very slow today.
Had first boil last Sat., 25 taps, 32 gallons of sap, 3 1/2 quarts.

[Wingo87]

Kinda slow the last few days for me but I'm up to about 20 gal of sap for the week :) Saturday look like a big day, 25 deg. tomrrow night and 45 and sunny on sat. Big sap! May beat my first week when i got 30 gal. This is my first year sugaring and I'm hooked I really enjoy it! I'm all stocked up on syrup and just sold a few jars too! I think i want to build a wood evaporator tho, I'm using too much propane lol.

[325abn]

Geez! Still pretty much locked up here. Tommorw is the day!

[Bucksaw]

Geez! Still pretty much locked up here. Tommorw is the day!

Hoping for the same...from my 40 taps on buckets I only have about 8 gallons of sap. Sunday's are the only days I can boil so hoping for a little run tonight and tomorrow.

[Greyfox]

I think you'll be in good shape. Even with this mornings temp of 25 degrees and 3" of snow, a quick spike of 44 degrees for a couple of hours in the afternoon netted me close to 1/2 GPT even without any sun. Tomorrow and Sunday look awesome! I thing the big run may finally be on, good luck!

[jake22si]

I made a nice little wood evaporator for this year. It can be a bit pricey with the pans but worth it if you have access to wood. Propane is getting expensive
Kinda slow the last few days for me but I'm up to about 20 gal of sap for the week :) Saturday look like a big day, 25 deg. tomrrow night and 45 and sunny on sat. Big sap! May beat my first week when i got 30 gal. This is my first year sugaring and I'm hooked I really enjoy it! I'm all stocked up on syrup and just sold a few jars too! I think i want to build a wood evaporator tho, I'm using too much propane lol.

[jake22si]

I collected about 50 gallons this week on 32 taps. It was running good this afternoon so hoping for big numbers this weekend.

[Wingo87]

I ended up with 7 gallons today not bad. Almost 30 gal on the week. 26deg. Tonight and 45 and sun tomorrow going to be big for all! I'm going to try to shoot a coyote in the morning then do some more boiling.

[Wingo87]

Where did you get your pan Jake? And how much?

[jake22si]

Where did you get your pan Jake? And how much?had a local welder build it, better off buying a real one for almost the same price. Close to $300 for my 2x3

[Nodda Duma]

Mine's been slow and steady here in Brookline. I have 36 taps on tubing. Total I've gotten maybe 35 gallons. I'm a little higher up but on a South facing slope. It's sunny this morning :) I've looked at the weather coming and now that the snowfall's out of the way I'm hopeful for some good runs.

[Bucksaw]

I ended up with 7 gallons today not bad. Almost 30 gal on the week. 26deg. Tonight and 45 and sun tomorrow going to be big for all! I'm going to try to shoot a coyote in the morning then do some more boiling.

Collected about 20 gallons this morning...definately heating up though. Any luck w/ the coyote?

[Wingo87]

No, no luck lots of fresh tracks. Did see 4 nice deer tho. On another note boy are the trees giving it up today!! Just dumped my biggest sugar maple and got 3 gallons from one tree and its only noon!

[Birdland Sugarbush]

A good number of full-to-overflowing buckets and the others that have been slow were at least half-full.

Tapped a few more trees this morning while I waited for the evaporator to bring the sap to a boil. Sweetening the pans today - doubt I'll draw anything off.

[eustis22]

I emptied my buckets yesterday morning and all but 2 are at least half full, if not more..one is all full in 24 hours...I dropped in nine more taps to milk this run and next weekends (if the forecast holds).

[jake22si]

Just emptied my buckets, 27 gallons of sap today. Much better than the previous weeks.

[Wingo87]

I ended up with about 8 gallons. I'm happy. Now I'm boiling like crazy. Pushing 40 gallons this week. :) hope to make a gallon of syrup

[Greyfox]

No, no luck lots of fresh tracks. !

#3 Bridger leghold in a cubby set and a .17 HMR in the ear works wonders :D. Good luck.

Back to sugaring: I pulled 1/2 GPT yesterday and 3/4 GPT today on gravity lines. The sugar content has come up and I'm making some nice dark amber. SO much better than last year!

Best of luck on the varmint and on sugaring,

Doc

[Birdland Sugarbush]

Collected a little over 30 gallons from around 30 taps (I lost count). Looking good. Hope I have enough wood!

[jake22si]

Back to the same old low numbers today.

[325abn]

Running ok today,

need more taps

more taps are needed!

Gotta tap, keep on tappin! :) :)

I need VAC!!

[jake22si]

Verrrrry slow week, maybe 25 gallons of sap total. I sure do hope this picks up a bit

[MapleLady]

Slow week here also. It seemed to pick up a little bit yesterday - collected about 9 gal from 31 taps. Still not great, but I'll take it! The long range forecast for later this coming week into next really looks ideal for sap! Wondering if sap will still flow if temps are in high 30's during a snowstorm??????? :confused:

[jake22si]

Taps are running right now, best I've seen them go in weeks

[SmellsLikeSyrupNH]

I hope I see the same thing when I get home Jake!

-Scott

[325abn]

Cold and snowy here! Icicles on the buckets and tanks.

[Russell Lampron]

It has run a little each day here since Wednesday. Today's was probably the best but the 3 day total is still less than 400 gallons from 800 taps. The forecast looks good for it to start running when I have to go back to work Monday.

[Nodda Duma]

Ran pretty good last couple of days. I have about 50 gallons to boil down this weekend (from 40 trees)

[MapleLady]

Sap is picking up here too! Each day I've collected a little more! :D

[MapleLady]

Taps are dry.