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Pulled my 20 taps yesterday. Some of the tress were still going strong (always a shame to dump sap) but most had stopped altogether. That may have been due to the early tapping this year (Jan31).
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Just noticed this interesting thing happening under the grate in my barrel evaporator. I have air being fed at the bottom through a tube with holes from a bathroom fan....

Yep. It's going here. Having to RO just to make more room for sap storage.

After that initial run, it has been slow here as well. Maybe too cold at night?

It helps if you add a location.

I think it's crazy, but it looks like it's time.

https://i.ibb.co/XsQgZqZ/20240131-144309.jpg

FYI, The 1 tree didn't produce much. I wonder if that tree will be a good indicator.

I'm thinking of just tapping one tree to see what happens. Anyone else? Just north of Milton on the escarpment.

Ask the maker of the SapTapApps if he is willing to share his data.

Something I haven't done but have been thinking of doing, is using a handheld luggage scale to measure each bucket. I figured it would be simpler than trying to measure the height of the fluid in...

Thanks! That resolved it for me in Edge browser.

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Wasn't sure where to post this...

The formatting of the site has disappeared for me the last few weeks. It must not be system wide as I haven't seen in being talked about.

I did delete...

Yep. Buy a 25 pack off Amazon and use a new one almost every time.

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

This shows where the fires are.

As others have said, soaking in water first, then skill saw with masonry blade. Quick.

https://i.ibb.co/KLDK7ZB/20230409-174415.jpg

Southwestern Ontario.

I was checking how my taps are healing. Funny how some are completely dry already, but some are still leaking heavily. But...

Wouldn't work. You could try running it through twice though.

It's probably already pure enough... get a TDS meter and test it.

Also, you'd have to pressurize the concentrate line of the 2nd RO...

Number of taps: 19
Vacuum (Y/N): N (bags)
RO (Y/N/type): Y / bucket style 1x400gpd+1x150gpd
Arch size: barrel
Pan Type: 2 steam pans
Fuel Type / amount used: wood / unknown
Sap collected in...

I guess the different kind of DE didn't help?

Store it and find someone with a filter press to borrow after their season is over? Good luck!

https://i.ibb.co/sg3Rt56/20230401-110331.jpg

Pulled my 19 taps this morning in the freezing rain.

I had already collected more than I have any year due to the early start, so I dumped a bunch of sap that had collected in the bags over the...

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Which brand of DE?

I do small batches so only doing 6-8L at a time.

edit: And today's batch came out very clear. I couldn't tell you anything I've changed from the last batch that was cloudy.
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I tried using DE once with the vacuum filter but I was probably using the wrong type of DE and wasn't successful.

The earlier syrup was much clearer than the latest syrup using the same processes. Not sure why. If I let it drip through my vacuum filter it's a little better, but once the vacuum goes on, it's...

^^^ Please let us know how it works out. I still have a bunch of syrup in the freezer from last year with food grade DE. :(

I use a bathroom fan with a 3" outlet. I use 3" galvanized pipe straight from the bathroom fan, through the back of the barrel, at the bottom of the barrel, and shoved against the front of the barrel...