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I am seriously thinking about putting my taps in this weekend to take advantage of the next 10 days which look promising. That will be more than a month earlier than usual and am wondering whether I will pay a price 6 weeks down the road as the taps age. Any thoughts on that? Meanwhile I am heading to the Waterloo/Wellington Maple Producers Information Day in Elmira today (Jan 12) and will see what others are thinking. I just don't want to miss if we get an early spring.
Ya I'm afraid of the same thing if I start early and then it freezes up and my taps are in for another 6 weeks. Let me know what you hear in Elmira I can't make it.
I know January thaws are tough to sit idle guys but with temps a few degrees above 0 with exception of a couple days around 8 above in the long range I would just sit tight. Spring will come!
My forecast is really strange. It's about a 10 day thaw with no freezing nights. Not tapping here.
Ya all the rain, mild temps recipe for Muddy Bush! DIY Tubing Tool
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Ya this week's forecast is 5-8 degrees but no freezing at night. I hope it just gets cold again and snows some.
If you want some snow you can come take some of ours! Only 12"-18" in the woods but there's a nasty crust on top that sometimes holds you up.
We only have 3-4 inches of snow in our bush. Mild here as well in eastern Ont. Plus temps all this week with freezing at night prime sap weather but i think I will wait a few more weeks before Ii get the drills out
OK guys listen up. We go through this situation every single year. January thaws are nothin new, and everyone starts wetting their panties thinking they can go start tapping. But if you go and tap now, first off you are probably tapping into trees that are still very thoroughly frozen and won't yield anything. And when the inevitable February freeze up comes, and you know it will, the resulting freeze can damage the trees - and that could mean trees that won't produce in the years to come.
So fer gawd's sake just sit tight and WAIT. FWIW I usually set my spiles during the first week of March, usually by March 7th.
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