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Good to see my tri-state sugar-ers are going strong. I haven't participated in a few years but I want to getting going again. Still searching for an economical way to evap. I can get sap, got that...

Thanks 5050racing -- mickeydafinn and John-NJ for that info on your ratios. Even though I haven't participated in a few years, it's good to see people in my area maple-syruping. For the longest...

I'm curious -- I have a question for all of my latitudinal brothers here -- as I understand it, our more northern comrades get about 1 gallon of syrup for every 40 gallons of sap -- my experience has...

So like, what do you think? After this cold spell snaps, tap a few trees?

Or what?

Good advice, thanks.

I'm working with a very small wooded area, I only tap 6 trees in total -- most are red maples, a silver or two mixed in and I think only one is a sugar maple. My sugar...

What's your best guess Fish, will my already-low sugar content be drastically reduced?


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I'm just wondering if it'll be worthwhile to tap and boil this year. Should I expect a much lower than usual sugar content?

Given my southern latitude, my sugar content is very low to begin...

Hey Brandon,

Congrats on yet another maple syrup season.

It's always fun to follow along with your progress.

Hope you and the family have a great summer!

Not bad at all!

Have you ever figured out your sap to syrup ratio? Mine is 65:1

Congrats on your season!!

Pulled my taps on Sunday as buds are appearing -- there was no flow as I pulled the taps. Temp was around 50 degrees.

I boiled down 17 gallons of sap yeilding a little over a quart of very dark...

Looks like the very tops of some of my trees are budding already although the sap is still flowing.

I think I remember someone here saying that could effect the taste of the syrup?

What happens...

I'm in an outer boro. Lots of little patches of woods to choose from here. Inwood is awesome, I go there often.

We're also at the jersey shore in ocean county during the summer. Surf taco,...

Heh, thanks Mike but no, I'm not tapping trees in Central Park. Although, there are some giant, old maples with huge crowns that I bet would run very nicely there! Funny thought though!!!:lol:

I...

I installed one test tap today as it was close to 40 degrees, so technically, I'm underway!!

My goal is the same as it is every year -- 1 gallon of maple syrup. Hope I make it, heh!

A great big...

Hey Brandon -- good luck this year bud.

Even if I'm not posting, I'll be following along, so keep us updated. And get some more new pics up on your site too! LOL!

Hope you have a great...

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I'm sitting this one out but I hope everyone has a great year!!

Good luck to all my friends at MapleTrader!!

It dawned on that the worldwide maple syrup business is still somewhat of a cottage industry.

It seems like what has happened to nearly every single industry, that there is no giant corporation...

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Congrats Brandon on a successful year, I enjoyed following your updates all season, thanks.

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Some great answers guys, informative and humorous at the same time, thanks!

I just found a 10 oz jar of (homemade)syrup in the back of my fridge -- it has a faded, handwritten label on it that says "Feb 19, 2005."

Does it go bad?

What's the deal?

Hey Jax, how much syrup did ya make?

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I can do that! A small price to pay for your expertise.

Thanks WoodB for all the answers, i really appreciate it.

I have 11 months to get everything i need, should work well.

Thanks again...

In case anyone is keeping track or just for your edification:

My maples have budded.

The buds appeared yesterday and have doubled in size as of today. The sap flow has stopped on some trees...

I'm gonna try to copy your setup for next year -- do I have to pay royalities or anything?

So, the 55 gallon drum -- what did it hold originally? Do you try to find one that was used for food and...