retap them and set up some vacume
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retap them and set up some vacume
I put out 14 new buckets on Tues morning just to play around with things as I always have something up my sleeve and from then to yesterday afternoon, they ran around 1 gallon per tap. 8O There was hardly in freezing during the time, but these are field and roadside trees that normally pour and haven't been tapped for a couple of years and half have never been tapped. Got cold Fri night and last night and a nice sunny day yesterday and today, but temps never got past 40 or 41 and a lot of cold wind continually. I am interested to see what will happen over the next 10 days. Lots of cold weather, so we shall see. Always love experimenting and I have another one going on that I will fill you in on in a week or two. :o
I wonder how long vacume and spile extensions would have extended your season?
Parker - When you and Kevin had the meeting of the minds earlier this season, did you consider the consequences of tapping too early? :P
This year has been a strange one, that's for sure. If the weather forcast holds out, this will be the lastest I've collected sap by a long shot. I've never gone into April, we usually have summer weather by then! :wink:
I am going to throw a good curveball at you. I put out a few of the 19/64 stainless spouts with a short piece of tubing on them in buckets and they dried up just as fast as the regular bucket spouts and the tubing.
THESE WERE BRAND NEW STAINLESS SPOUTS. It just goes to show when the weather is as warm as it was here this season, not hardly anything you can do. :cry:
Brandon-
Have you or anyone ever tried screwing around with something like you mentioned with the small piece of tubing, but say for example:
Put bucket on tree, attach small piece of tubing but long enough to hit the bottom of the bucket, then when you dump the buckets, leave the tube still under the sap level, kinda making a sealed environment?
May be a pain in the a$$ leaving the sap in the pail, but wonder if it would prolong the life of the tap hole?
Sweetwood- I was not aware there was a "meeting of the minds" until I read about it here,,,as this is my 3rd year doing this on my own I try to keep my opinions to myself caus I realize I dont know what I am talking about,,lets see,,I tapped on jan.22 that gives me till,,,,,,,,OH NO,,MY SEASON IS ALMOST OVER!!!! 56 gallons off of 2000 taps,,1500 of them with some ammount of vacume,,,,AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Hope the splie extensions work,,,
Parker - Just kidding, of course. Kevin posted a while back about your "meeting". :wink:
The sap extension and vacuum must be working as you have been tapped for 2 months and still getting sap.
My last post was incorrect,,should have wrote I tapped on FEBUARY22,,woops
When i brought Parker down the Pick-up tank that night we talked for about 1 1/2hrs so meeting of the minds just sounds good. It's an expression when 2 or more people get together and exchange ideas.