Thank you Dr. Perkins. I was unable to access my account until now. I checked the instructions for my refractometer and read that it must be used at 68 degrees and sap should be read after 30 seconds...
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Thank you Dr. Perkins. I was unable to access my account until now. I checked the instructions for my refractometer and read that it must be used at 68 degrees and sap should be read after 30 seconds...
I do not know that is it automatically temperature compensated. I did re-calibrate using distilled water and adjusted down one %. We boil down to about 10-15% before moving to finishing pots on...
I do not know that is it automatically temperature compensated. I did re-calibrate using distilled water and adjusted down one %.
This is our third year of sugaring and seeing our end product quantity less than desired. We have a 40 gal jacketed steam kettle with wood stove built under it. Process: boil and add, boil and add up...