Tapping towards the end of this week. Really wish I tapped last week as temps of been great. Gallia County. Hope I don't miss too much between now and this weekend. Cheers everybody!
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Tapping towards the end of this week. Really wish I tapped last week as temps of been great. Gallia County. Hope I don't miss too much between now and this weekend. Cheers everybody!
This year is technically my third year... but I would considerate it my second year since the first year didn't produce any syrup. Desperately searching for ways to upgrade my system. Currently on a...
28 taps on about 20 trees. Some trees producing very little... I've collect around 80 gallons so far... Finishing 20 gallons right now. Should be somewhere around 1.5 gallons of syrup. REALLY hoping...
28 taps in on Saturday, 20 gallons of sap this morning. Woohoo! It's here baby.
I'm thinking the same thing. Going to try and have all my taps in before Friday.
I'm still new to this (3rd year). I'm going to tap tomorrow and see what happens this week. Hopefully will have enough to get my first boil in for the year before everything freezes up again. We will...
Considering tapping this weekend. Looks like the temps will dip down again for a bit next week but then be up by the weekend.
Anybody tapped yet?
-Rick
Haven't gotten almost anything the last two days. Hoping the cold night last night vs the 40+ temps today will have it flowing again.
Thanks! You were right. So far I've gotten almost a gallon per tap, excited to see what they do this week! Looks promising.
Tapped a few trees Wednesday night.... It was supposed to be upper 30's yesterday, didn't happen. It did today. Around 40 most of the afternoon. Should I be worried that sap hasn't ran at all yet?...
Any advice or experience with storing sap? How do other hobbyists store sap until they boil? Is it best to boil often so you don't store it for long periods of time?
Second year and only going to...
Ok, so looking at the weather, we are approaching several days over the next week (including today) that will reach above freezing daytime, and below freezing nights. Tapped a few last night. Excited...
Nice!!! I'm just up the road from you! I think I'm going to tap tomorrow night. It's going to warm up in 2 or 3 days but then go back down to a nice 20/40 range. Fingers crossed and hoping to learn a...
Lots of great info here, thanks!!!
Interesting. I have a very nice drill set and never thought about investing in actual maple drills. Thanks!
OK.... SO last year I attempted to tap a few trees but I'm pretty sure I was too late in the season. It was discouraging and I didn't get any sap, really.
I used some huge spiles, as well. I have...
Hahaha wow. Long day at work. Definitely a MAPLE. Ha. Wow, sorry. Anyways, that tree is still dry. I took a walk in the woods and tapped 3 new maples. Each were flowing sap. I removed the tap from...
Yea, I thought I would see sap almost immediately with this weather. I'll let you know. Thanks.
It's huge. The biggest oak I've ever seen. And yes, definitely an oak. My neighbor said no one has ever tapped it but you could put several on it. Excited to check it shortly. Fingers crossed.
Hello everyone. I've wanted to try this first hand for years and I've finally decided to try it. I'm in Southern Ohio and tapped my first tree yesterday evening. So far it seems pretty dry but I...