tapping 2015

[Andrewvanevery]

The weather here in western NY is making it so Tempting to tap tubing if the weather continues I'll definitely tap second week of January if not sooner

[morningstarfarm]

Thinking along the same lines here...

[jmayerl]

Must be nice.......we have a 12-14 week wait til spring yet.

[Andrewvanevery]

I'm also excited to try out my new 3x12 set up

[optionguru]

I jumped the gun last year with half of my taps and they pretty much dried up before the real run came in mid to late March. Just ran out of syrup this week with all the family in town so I too can't wait for season to come.

[maple flats]

Last year I was tapped by 1/20 and my first boil was on 3/27. They were still running as I pulled the taps in late April-early May. That is using CV2's

[buckeye gold]

well hate to rub it in but I have 40 taps out and made a couple gallons of syrup Tuesday & today. These are my back property taps and will not be used for regular season.

[Andrewvanevery]

I took the step and tapped 300 on my new tubing today and the sap is running well I'll have a brix count for u in the am let's pray for 3% lol

[mellondome]

So which season are you trying for? You are in western ny...winter hasn't quite started. Are you doing these as fall taps?

[spud]

Last year I was tapped by 1/20 and my first boil was on 3/27. They were still running as I pulled the taps in late April-early May. That is using CV2's

When you pulled your taps in late April were you still getting a gallon a tap per day? Because I am a sap seller I chart all my runs. By taking the advise of Dr.Tim last year I tapped mid Feb and noticed a higher volume of sap per tap at the end of the season (April 20). This year I plan to tap a few weeks earlier then last but hope to still get high sap volumes in April.

Spud

[Andrewvanevery]

No I plan on the taps being in place till spring we had a good long hard freeze and now its warm days and freezing nights its been a weird winter here i have around 1600 more taps on tubing to tap yet and 2000 buckets witch won't get hung in till February

[GeneralStark]

No I plan on the taps being in place till spring we had a good long hard freeze and now its warm days and freezing nights its been a weird winter here i have around 1600 more taps on tubing to tap yet and 2000 buckets witch won't get hung in till February

Perhaps you should start your own thread in the "Tapping New York" section so we can all keep up with your progress.