Tapping below branch lines with vacuum system

[Liray]

Has anyone tried tapping below branch lines with vacuum system and you have what was your sap yield like ?

[kevinsnieder]

http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/Tapping%20Below%20Lateral%20-%20Maple%20Digest.pdf

Is this what you are looking for?


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[Liray]

Thanks Kevin just what I was looking for

[kevinsnieder]

No problem. We tap wherever we can find good wood. It doesn’t appear to make much of a difference


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[DrTimPerkins]

Not a standard practice, however if you have good vacuum and good spout/drop sanitation practices it has no negative effects on sap yield.