Should I Stay or Should I go, in Dudley

[ShaunG]

I never seem to get timing right. Today is February 9th, I know its traditionally early to tap. But according to the whether channel app today is 36 degrees and tonight 31. rest on the week is Mon 41/33 , Tue 40/28 , Wed 41/32 , Thurs 46/17 , Fri 22/2 , Sat 26/18 , Sun 41/30 and the the week after looks all highs in 40's. But Friday and Saturdays cold temps make ma a little nervous.
This is my 3rd full year as a hobbyist around 50 taps mostly on reds. So what does everyone think? should I stay or should I go? Thank for any advice.

[maple flats]

Are you on tubing, buckets or bags? If tubing, with vacuum go for it, if buckets or bags, wait until you see a good pattern for 2 weeks out. By the way, for best sap flow you need freeze thaw cycles, it is best when you get days in the low to mid 40's and nights at 28F or below. You will likely never get that for 2 weeks in a row, from there you just need to guess. By the way, a night at zero or below is not bad in season, it helps the tree pull more sap up from the roots, ready for the next thaw.

[NH Maplemaker]

Cold temps are not a problem, It is warm temps that kill your tap holes.

[prvrbs31gal]

After hearing that producers in Woodstock were tapping the very end of January, we did, too. No regrets. We do it the old fashioned way b/c we only have 15 taps... buckets and open fire.

[tgormley358]

In Harvard, MA I’m betting on the few days in the 40s this week. There will be some chillier days later in the week but next week looks solid currently. I tapped most of my trees on 5/16 tubing yesterday, the rest Later today. By tomorrow I’ll have a doZen buckets up too, and away we go. 135 taps this year. Honestly I’m not 100% ready in the sugar shack so I’m hoping the flow isn’t too big yet.

[berkshires]

I've been back and forth on the fence for over a week now. In particular, the forecast for this week has looked anywhere between great and terrible over the last week. I wound up biting the bullet and tapped today. Of course the predicted high temp for me today was 42, and it barely got to 35, so I may have blown it. Oh well, we shall see.

Cheers,

GO

[bill m]

We drilled 300 yesterday and today I did another 100 myself. By then I was soaked so came back to the shop to work on things for the evaporator. I will be back on the mountain on the morning.