All tapped. Too early?

[jgoodhind1988]

All tapped on 5/16 gravity tubing in Pelham. Looks good through Sunday. But was it too early?

240 taps

[The dairy farmer]

I am all taped except a few and a lot of the the big guys are all tapped but im in ny so depends

[adk1]

I tapped over the weekend. Are you using CV spouts? You wont know unless your try!

[jgoodhind1988]

no cv spouts. just 18 cent h20 throwaways

[eustis22]

Are the 28 gallons I dreww last weekend gonna be any good when I get the other 72 I need to sweeten my new pan? They're sitting in my holding tank during this cold spell.

[jthomp08]

Yeah they will still be good because it will be frozen solid, as long as the sap doesn't get warm before you boil it you will be good.

[eustis22]

thx, jthom

[eustis22]

what about the taps I've put in? Will they start to close if it's two weeks w/o sap?

[WESTMAPLES]

ive been all tapped in for 16 days, im using 346 leader CV spouts. now just waiting for the weather to get things on track enough to flip the switch for the vacuum pumps and let it begin. tapping early isn`t a bad thing on tubing, but buckets id wait its running good to put them out. good luck and hopefully the weather turns for the better soon

[eustis22]

It's running in Haverhill.....put out the last of my buckets

[Green Hill Maple]

Should I re-boar the holes if I'm on buckets and tapped February 20th???

[steam maker]

No dont redrill

[Green Hill Maple]

Not even running the drill just into the same hole? A few people have told me ill want to do that if I want buckets to last 30 plus days??? Seeing how I've been hobby sugaring for just last and this year I have novice level experience?????

[steam maker]

I was always told never to redrill maybe im wrong! We havent had any runs yet so i would see how they flow before i tried anything. Just my two cents though

[Green Hill Maple]

Okay thank you for your advice

[Run Forest Run!]

Hi Brooke's Farm. Just leave everything as it is. You'll be just fine. If you try to redrill the hole it will just leak sap all around the spile and you'll get even less sap into your buckets. My guess is that in a week or two you'll have more sap than you can handle.

[eustis22]

My spiles leak anyway....it's how I know the sap is running

[jgoodhind1988]

All tapped, saps running. Anyone else noticing a low sugar content?

[jthomp08]

Yeah, i've noticed that too. We've been averaging about 50 to 1.

[Ravenseye]

Yeah, i've noticed that too. We've been averaging about 50 to 1.

Yeah, it's been low. What a year. Last year I was half done. This year I'm just dripping now. Phew!