Thinning the canopy and sugarbush

[DocsMapleSyrup]

I'm working on opening the canopy and getting the maples thinned. I'm a newby when it comes to sugarbush management. I have quite a few trees that look like the photo. Do I cut and leave the strongest or do I leave them alone since they have the same root system?1461814619


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[maple maniac65]

I guess I would treat them as one tree

[johnpma]

I have this in many places over my acreage I would tap all of them and have with great success strangely enough all of those trees in that clump are most likely the same age

[Big_Eddy]

Cut all but the strongest stem. Sometime where there are 6-8 together I will leave 2 stems.