Finished batch #2. Got 2.1L of light syrup from 71L of sap. What a great day in the fresh air!
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Finished batch #2. Got 2.1L of light syrup from 71L of sap. What a great day in the fresh air!
Well, its been an extremely strange 24 hours. Yesterday we broke freezing here around 2:00pm and the sap started to flow. I had 80 gallons of sap in my 400 gallons of storage, so I decided to hold off boiling until today. The forecast was showing a slow but constant temperature rise through the night and into today.
I went out this morning at 6:00am and bingo,400 gallons of sap. I have no idea how much sap I lost, but it had obviously had slowed down as my sump was only pumping into the storage once an hour (so 5 gallon/hour). My boil is beating the sap flow (12-13 gph boil).
Hopefully I will finish from syrup today.
Lucky you!! I probably have that much water in pails from the storm last night...Quote:
Originally Posted by NTBugtraq
calling for -11C here tonight so may see some flow late this evening? Picked up just over 18 gal sap today along with many sallow moths! Have not seen more that a couple to this point but today they were thirsty :{) every pail had swimmers - up to 7 or 8 in a few.
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Moths are one of the reasons I switched to bags.
Rain is why I decided to do tubes to a 5 gallon pale with lid, hole on the top and side of bucket. Collected 65 gallons of 2% sugar in last 2 days. Boiling on friday
I predict my small amount (50L) of collected sap will be frozen solid until after Sunday.
I'm glad that I left some sap in my buckets. With this insane wind, by morning, they will only be 100 km away instead of 200 km.
A good lesson to be had. This morning I was retrieving pails and lids that got blown off.
I got home when it was dark, now your making me want to go look at my pails......not chancing being eaten by a wolf tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by JWB27