Snappyssweets
03-18-2017, 10:41 PM
I tapped back in Feb. However as many know I use home made 3/16 spiles with 3/16 fish tank air line leading from spile to bucket.
Anyhow I keep things really conservative. I have about 70 trees tapped most could hold two or three taps and on ones that could hold two I still usually only run one on and ones that could hold three I usually only tap with two.
So with that said. Today I went out and with the warm up happening I checked. All but about ten of my taps were dry nothing. No moisture and when I sucked on the line it was dry as could be no dampness even around the holes. So I decided to add the taps I could on the trees. An attempt to extend my season if you will.
So I drilled a few more holes and took taps from the dry holes and put them on the new ones.
Anyhow what do I get? Purple tinted sap. LOL
I have had it happen before and always assumed it was just some residue or such inside my taps perhaps. So I would dump all sap from the first day it went into the jugs just to be sure. Because by day two its always turned clear.
I walk out this afternoon and every tree I put a new hole in today has purplish tint to the sap that ran.
So now I know its obviously something with all these red maples I have. I looked it up and seen a few years back it was brought up too.
I think I will boil my purple sap separate and tell everyone it comes from a rare maple tree. :lol:
Anyhow I keep things really conservative. I have about 70 trees tapped most could hold two or three taps and on ones that could hold two I still usually only run one on and ones that could hold three I usually only tap with two.
So with that said. Today I went out and with the warm up happening I checked. All but about ten of my taps were dry nothing. No moisture and when I sucked on the line it was dry as could be no dampness even around the holes. So I decided to add the taps I could on the trees. An attempt to extend my season if you will.
So I drilled a few more holes and took taps from the dry holes and put them on the new ones.
Anyhow what do I get? Purple tinted sap. LOL
I have had it happen before and always assumed it was just some residue or such inside my taps perhaps. So I would dump all sap from the first day it went into the jugs just to be sure. Because by day two its always turned clear.
I walk out this afternoon and every tree I put a new hole in today has purplish tint to the sap that ran.
So now I know its obviously something with all these red maples I have. I looked it up and seen a few years back it was brought up too.
I think I will boil my purple sap separate and tell everyone it comes from a rare maple tree. :lol: