Looks like a collection for sure by Wednesday. Some buckets over half full, others only an inch today. Sap flow rate is all over the place, as expected early season.
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Looks like a collection for sure by Wednesday. Some buckets over half full, others only an inch today. Sap flow rate is all over the place, as expected early season.
Winter, WI
Test tree has done nothing, almost all of my trees (reds) are north facing or in middle of woods. Will be replacing 2 3/16" lines and adding a 3rd so I walked those routes today, clearing branches as needed. Crusty the first 3-4" on top and then another 16" or so of very dry snow, no compacting trails.... Will get out 20 or so bags tomorrow and then set the lines on Friday. May hit 80 taps (20 bags / 60 on 3/16" mechanical vacuum) this season, need to try to make up from a dismal season last year....
Winter, WI
Got 16 bags out today, 90% were dripping right away.
Got up to land today and gathered 30 buckets. Got 40 gallons.
Buckets were tapped Saturday.
Are you guys getting decent flow even with heavy snow cover and still-frozen ground? We are in the great white north, and I'm trying to figure out what to expect this weekend. We tapped two weeks ago, and Old Man Winter just laughed.
Flow is better then I thought it would be with the heavy snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by TwoSaps
Of the 30 buckets I dumped, 8 of them we over flowing. I also had a few
With not much at all.
Most of my trees are either north facing or deep in the woods. It feel it is gonna take some time before those flow. I ended up tapping some on my neighbors property yesterday, those had a lot of sun and were flowing nicely, even though there is still 20" of snow on the ground around them.
I guess I don,t understand the talk about frozen ground having anything to do with sap flow. The root systems are well below frost line in most cases. Here in Florence county the ground is always frozen when I tap and usually still is when I tear down.
I understand that to be correct with maples, what is happening above ground determines when the sap flows. With birch, it is what happens below the ground (roots) that determine when it flows. (that is why birch tapping season comes about the time that maple has ended.)
That is also why the birches run almost continually once tapped. The tap holes in birch should be plugged once the spoiled are pulled