Yup not much snow left and swamps will thaw in a day with temps close to 10...
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Yup not much snow left and swamps will thaw in a day with temps close to 10...
Just wondering if you guys get any carry over from one day to the next if there is not a freeze on a certain night? Does it have to freeze every night? Sometimes the temp is one or 2 but my trees are all well below the road line so I'm guessing a couple degrees colder then what it says for temp. Even a slight frost will do it.
If you are at the height of the season and get some perfect conditions your trees can easily run like crazy for a couple of days without a freeze in between. I'm talking about having to empty the buckets at least twice a day with overflowing in between! It's hard to keep up on those wonderful days.
Thanx for the info I'm looking forward to it! ....this weekend will be interesting with plus 10 sat sun mon and 0 to -1 at night...get ready to roll! I have a cliff on my property and ran some 3/16 gravity tubing from a couple trees..it really does create a nice vacuum!
With the warm sun today and the warm forecast for the next couple weeks I couldn't resist at least tapping the two trees in my backyard. Sap was flowing before I even got the tap in the hole. Attachment 15451
Attachment 15452That's awesome! I wish I had some trees that were in the open like that...mine are all in valleys , on cliffs and ridges..what a work out
Are we all tapping this week for the weekend run or are some gonna wait??? We are tapping Thursday.
Let the season begin!
Talked to one of the largest producers in Oxford county and he has started drilling, needs to with around 5000 taps. But I think with the two week forecast the way it is I'll tap Friday.
I'm waiting another couple of weeks. I'm afraid to look at the weather forecast until I finish cleaning up the basement. Winter is flying by and then all of the spring and summer jobs start!
Run Forest Run.......your gonna miss a big flow by the looks of the forecast. It seems early but I think winter is almost done. We dont want to miss this weekend and into next week. Game on.