Closing in on 2gpt for the day. I haven’t tested sugar today but I will tomorrow. At this time the majority of my sugars have swelling buds
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Closing in on 2gpt for the day. I haven’t tested sugar today but I will tomorrow. At this time the majority of my sugars have swelling buds
That's a mind boggling one-day flow per tap to a bucketeer! Wow!
(just realized this was a somewhat dumb thing to say... I've definitely seen 2 gallons per tap before with buckets... but not this year yet... )
That’s great production for the day. Are your trees large? Sap ran all night but it was slow. I got 800 gallons overnight. Sap is now running about 100 gph but should continue into the night before it freezes up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooneybc
Spud
It’s actually a fairly young bush with smaller trees. Last night finished at 1.85gpt at 1.1%. It slowed up big time today.
Now 3.8 gallons sap per tap for the season to date. Some potential freezes in the 10 day forecast.
Sap ran a bit last night and should run until 7 pm tonight. My sugar is still only 1.3%. I’m at 10 gpt for the season right now. The weather in my area looks very good for the rest of the month. I’m still hoping we go a week or more in April. Hoping for 70,000-80,000 total gallons for the season. Not much I can do about the low sugar. We still have a lot of time to get a lot of sap.
Spud
Spud, I appreciate your optimism! What elevation are you at?
My pump house is at 1100 feet and the upper woods is 1250. Sap is still running a bit today. Most years I go till the 20th of April. Not sure if it will last that long this year. What is your elevation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooneybc
Spud
I’m at 900 feet