Eastern Ontario 2017

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Originally Posted by Bushfrosh

Yup, that's the case. Just 50 buckets catching the drips, one spile per tree. We tapped Friday, February 17 and the trees have been kind again this year. I can't explain it although it sounds like Big_Eddy to south of us is having some good runs too.

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I'm about 15 km due south of Bushfrog, to the east of Frankford.

180 buckets (all volumes in Cdn Gals = 4.54l)
Sun 19 105 gals
Mon 20 155 gals
Tue 21 65 gals
Fri 24 25 gals
Sat 25 60 gals
Sun 26 65 gals
Mon 27 90 gals

Boiled Tues, Wed, Sun, and yesterday.
Have the 90 gallons from yesterday in the tank to boil tonight, plus whatever comes today.

Our season total was 90 litres (filtered and bottled) as of Saturday evening.
Have another 35-40l ready for filtering after the last 2 days.

(Note: We boiled 450l on Sunday and produced 20l of (67.2 Brix) syrup. That's about 22.5:1 - much better than 40:1)

Sunny in cambellford right at this moment ..
Sure beats the rain the fog and the drizzle I been in since Monday morning !

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Originally Posted by JeffB

Sunny in cambellford right at this moment ..
Sure beats the rain the fog and the drizzle I been in since Monday morning !

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We can sure use some sun to dry up our trails. It's getting pretty mucky and rutty in the low spots, especially after the snow from last weekend melted.

My trees want sun, especially the biggest ones. Just got sap from three of them. The little bush maple continues to be a good producer, and one of my late runners is starting to kick in. A little concerned about one of them, though, it hasn't really done anything much this year...yet. However it is also close to one of the consistent producers, which is also bigger than it, so thinking that they share a taproot? Is that possible?

The verdict is in...my trees are running wide open 475 liters since Monday morning.. that's a average of 4.5 liters per spiles....will see what Wednesday brings ....

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Originally Posted by JeffB

The verdict is in...my trees are running wide open 475 liters since Monday morning.. that's a average of 4.5 liters per spiles....will see what Wednesday brings ....

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Complete opposite here today. Yesterday was good. Today more bugs than sap (15 gals from 180 buckets)

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Originally Posted by Big_Eddy

Complete opposite here today. Yesterday was good. Today more bugs than sap (15 gals from 180 buckets)

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Me too! Almost like some of my bigger producers have quit for the season. Does it have anything to do with the super warm spells followed my freeze spells? I'm wondering if I did in fact tap too soon.

I hear ya on the mud. A few sunny days would be welcome that's for sure. Using my Big tractor for collecting which works really nice but ruts keep getting deeper and deeper.

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Originally Posted by Clinkis

I hear ya on the mud. A few sunny days would be welcome that's for sure. Using my Big tractor for collecting which works really nice but ruts keep getting deeper and deeper.

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We have been using our gator if there isn't that much sap. Much less ground pressure than the tractor. But it's only good up to about 60 gallons. After that the sap weight exceeds its braking ability on our hill.

Finished off just over 30 gallons today,didn't seem to be a lot coming in on the vacuum,left it on anyway and found another tank full after supper. Haven't checked the sap for sweetness,but it sure has picked up! 1.5-2 gallons every 10 minutes now,keeps my wife busy bottling