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    Still waiting on the frost to disappear. Very...

    Still waiting on the frost to disappear. Very warm temperatures on the north shore have done very little to free it up. We are bringing in some sap, and are making dark syrup, a couple hundred...
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    We tap right around 24,000 in the highlands above...

    We tap right around 24,000 in the highlands above Lutsen. We produced about 6500 gallons of syrup, all on tubing. Not a great year by any means but could have been worse had we not been prepared for...
  3. Thread: Still going

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    Good question. Yes we are too far North, in fact...

    Good question. Yes we are too far North, in fact we are within about a mile of the most northerly boundary of the maple range. Without Lake Superior we would not have the warmth to have maple stands...
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    Well we wrapped up the boiling on Friday the...

    Well we wrapped up the boiling on Friday the 14th, the trees still producing very well, but the syrup quality had dropped off to a commercial level that unfortunately has very little demand or value....
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    Carlin 801 question

    I have a couple of older model 801's that are being taken out of service and replacing it with newer ones. The older models have black control boxes and utilize a seperate relay for a 4 second delay...
  6. Thread: Early Tapping

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    Oh boy, cold cold cold today. It has been chilly...

    Oh boy, cold cold cold today. It has been chilly for the most part the past couple of weeks up here on the north shore. We did get a little break in that trend a few days back, with a foggy wet...
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    Well here comes the cold after a stretch of...

    Well here comes the cold after a stretch of warmer days where even the nightime temperatures stayed above or slipped a degree or 2 below freezing. We got a good rain 2 days ago, and that helped...
  8. When I tapped in Chisago County we had a pasture...

    When I tapped in Chisago County we had a pasture lot that had big crowned sugars and they often tested up in the 4.5 range. Those were awesome trees that produced full 5 gallon buckets of sap per tap...
  9. Thread: Early Tapping

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    The sap is flowing well enough to fire up the RO,...

    The sap is flowing well enough to fire up the RO, and boil. All tanks were full of sap, and we processed about 10,000 gallons through the RO at about 2400 gallons per hour. The sugar content is 1.5 ...
  10. Thread: Early Tapping

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    Finished tapping yesterday. It took about 2 1/2...

    Finished tapping yesterday. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to place 25,000 taps. Started with a nice crust on knee high snow, and finished in about a foot of loose snow over that crust so snowshoeing was...
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    Sap started flowing late yesterday. Picked up...

    Sap started flowing late yesterday. Picked up pretty quick. Looks like a week of cooler weather. Lines are all flushed and ready.
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    Sap has been running for over a week up here on...

    Sap has been running for over a week up here on the North shore of Lake Superior. The frost and snow have been hindering sap flow a bit, and the sugar content started a bit weak at 1%. But today we...
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    Over the years we have found that tapping early...

    Over the years we have found that tapping early does not negatively affect sap yields for us. We start tapping In mid January each season, and as long as no unusual warmups occur during tapping or...
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    We are making steady progress having tapped about...

    We are making steady progress having tapped about 80% of our 25,000 tap sugarbush here in Lutsen. The snow depth is mid calf, so getting around is about as easy as we've had it for some time. We had...
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    Sap still flowing up here in Northern Minnesota....

    Sap still flowing up here in Northern Minnesota. Collected in excess of 3000 gallons overnight. Sap cleared up after the frost of two nights ago. Making dark amber/grade b syrup. Snow has disappeared...
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    We are still bringing sap in at a rate of 8 to 9...

    We are still bringing sap in at a rate of 8 to 9 thousand gallons daily. We too have not had a decent freeze for nearly a week, but the cool, moist, and overcast conditions have been nearly perfect...
  17. Thread: still boiling!?

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    We have produced about 1/3 of our expected crop...

    We have produced about 1/3 of our expected crop up here on Minnesota's North shore of Lake Superior. The thermometer has not risen above 29 degrees F., and the nighttime lows have dipped to 12...
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    Hi Jeep, We had a 2 day drip a couple weeks back...

    Hi Jeep, We had a 2 day drip a couple weeks back when the temps got into the 50's. Collected around a thousand gallons. I was surprised at how quickly the sap flow picked up considering how bone...
  19. Thread: Using 30P

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    We use 30P for our laterals and we use a lot of...

    We use 30P for our laterals and we use a lot of it. I have always been pleased with it until this year. We put in an additional 7,000 taps this season and used 150 rolls of 30P that was left over...
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    Mark, I've collected some data from 2008 to 2013....

    Mark, I've collected some data from 2008 to 2013. They include tapping date and boiling date data. You may notice a shorter tapping period in 2008, this reflects a much larger tapping crew of 7...
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    Thankyou for the nice comments about our maple...

    Thankyou for the nice comments about our maple syrup operation. My fellow colleagues from Sawtooth Mountain Maple Syrup have asked me to reply to the question posted on this thread. We have been...
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