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Took our first boil off Thurs. Mar. 11 producing 1.5 gallons from 55 gallons sap. No rain it the sap, but the syrup was dark amber with a very high sugar sand content. Ran very well Monday and Tuesday this week. Buckets overflowing. 10-15 cms snow today, high winds, now -5 C. Forecast looks good with several nights well below freezing; days just above 0. Gradual warming trend predicted new week.
this is my first year, so nothing to go by, but I've made almost 20 litres from 45 taps so far. I have about 50 gallons of sap from Sunday waiting to boil but nothing since then. We're covered in snow and frozen solid now. I would have been expecting to be working in the garden by now!Quote:
Originally Posted by argohauler
I just bought a sap and syrup hydrometer and Sunday's sap measures just about 3% which I guess is good. Some of my trees are going like crazy and some haven't given me more than a few cups of sap.
Chris
it ran good last week and has now frozen up until 03/29ish...... i have made 18 L on 26 taps (all dark), with about 200 L of mostly frozen sap to boil before the next big run (i hope)
Not sure how they are doing. The two guys near to me from st williams are retired.Quote:
Originally Posted by argohauler
Ian
I got to the bush yesterday afternoon. Went to the line tank and the mainlines were dripping. We had a high of -1/30 yesterday with lots of sun.
Looked like a winter wonderland in the bush today. Around 4 inches of snow in the bush. 3/4" of ice in the holes I run through.
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The few buckets I had around the shanty were dripping a bit if they were in the sun. Rebored them a little deeper and they were almost running like new taps even with the cold temp.
I redid one mainline and found where a limb had come down and broke the blue line 6 inches from a tee and also broke that tee. Will need to get help to stretch it back together.
I then did some more buckets in the neighbours bush.
I checked the mainline just after 6 and that line was trickling while the others were just dripping.
Looks like we'll get at least 4 days run, starting Tuesday.
Will bore some more out today.
Ewetopia,
We're pretty close. I'm just west of John Wise and Hwy 4 south of St.Thomas.
Crazy cold we're getting right now. The forecast makes next week look like it will be a big sap run. Maybe that will be it? It should be warming up after that.
Chris
hey guys is it a good idea to freshen up the holes on the buckets this time of year? will it increase the yield?
This question comes up time and again every year. Same answer every time. When the holes start to dry up, reaming them up will give you maybe a day or two of slightly improved flow, but that's about it.
I agree. Dr. Tim Perkins has posted about reaming holes repeatedly. It ain't worth the effort but makes you feel good that day. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent
Does anyone on here know where to sell bulk syrup in Eastern Ontario, or anywhere in Ontario for that matter?