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my son in law in West Virginia just emailed about a home made evp on Barbour county on line yard sale pan 6'x38" arch 8'x40" asking 1500 dollars picture on web site in case anyone is interested to...
I had that.I just did not tap the trees that did not produce. I have only two hard maples on 90 taps and they are old trees,some big old reds are the ones I had problems with
Last nite we came home and my wife and I physically counted everything it came out to 49 gal. to make a gal. which makes sense when I checked sap one time I had 2%. We miscounted in our book and had...
That is the way we like it! Has a strong maple flavor and my wife says it taste like marshmellows
Last year it 55 took gal to make one gallon of syrup. This year we just finished up it took 45 gallons to make a gallon ,99% of the trees are reds. Is this possible I checked and rechecked and...
I was just wondering how many hours to boil before you flip your pan.I usally run about 20 hours or do you guys do it sooner. Thanks Slammer
Thanks for the info Slammer
Hi thinking about getting a bucket ro for my small scale mapeling any help on what kind to purchase and hoe to set it up would be appreciated thanks Slammer
Thanks Dr Tim I was under the impression you had to have a freeze then warm weather to create sap flow . It was rainy Thursday and in the 50s Friday it rained hard in the morning and was 68 Really...
I agree sugar content really low I did not check it but did alot of boiling to get some good color, before I GOT MY SAP HYDROMETER I just watched how much I drew off oddly enough I got more syrup as...
Just tapped the 16th of this month,was helping my daughter move. We will see how it goes, next week looks good if the weather forecast is right.
Same set-up I use,He is right on about 2 inches in lid ,I have also had sap run into frozen buckets
Seen a thread about sugar sand. Does sugar content corolate with sugar content, took me 55 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. My sap hydrometer always read 1 to1.5 so I guess it was right. I...
I have about all Reds looks like they are pooping out tapped Feb 20 something,supposed to get warm with no freezes at night probably done.
I have not had anything over 1.5 all year!
I have almost all reds sugar is around 1 to 1 and a half has some good freezes and thaws but sugar has not gone up I remember old thread where an old pro said you needed alot of rain now for good...
I usally give them a week and pull taps,although I had a tree quit so I pulled the tap and moved it to a tree that did not produce last year,now tree is running great go figure
I burn red maple black cherry red oak These are just blow downs around the woods around the house.I saw on Dr. Tims sheet ash is good,there is a little poem that oak is dense and burns well but ash...
I had a couple blow off also,but I get no sap! I have 108 taps out since the end of Feb and have collected 90 gals. of sap. Wow
My grandson was stationed in Korea(just came back to usa) He said they collected sap the same way we do.
We just put up a pole building works great Gravel floor 16x24
That was some good info I will try to check some of my trees also with my sap hydrometer. There was an old thread where a person checked the ice after it melted and came up with same results. Can...
Do you mean to put sand under bricks to make it closer to pan? Does this improve evap rate?
I have a 18x48 D&G what do you mean build the sand up to pan clearance. I am intriuged
I have a small evaporator, I was under the impression that batching would give you darker syrup. I had a little sap and boiled it,I did not want to keep a heat lamp on it for 2 weeks so I drained it...