adironmaple
04-15-2015, 06:59 AM
On monday the temp got up to 75. Even with collecting several times per day at all 3 bushes the sap was warm. When I tested for sugar the weighed average for over 10,000 gallons was 1.47. We processed all sap that evening and ended up with 210 gallons of syrup. If my math is correct thats way more syrup than this lot of sap should yield. Same thing happened yesterday but to a lesser extent cause it was not as hot.
Started thinking my hydrometer was bad so I took a new one out and read exact same as old one.
Printed on the hydrometer is that it is for sap at 38 degrees. So my question is how do you calculate the sap content based on sap temp? Is there a formula or publication available that I can use.
We buy a little sap and plan to buy alot more in the coming years so want to get it right for everyone involved.
Started thinking my hydrometer was bad so I took a new one out and read exact same as old one.
Printed on the hydrometer is that it is for sap at 38 degrees. So my question is how do you calculate the sap content based on sap temp? Is there a formula or publication available that I can use.
We buy a little sap and plan to buy alot more in the coming years so want to get it right for everyone involved.