Not just any hydrometer, a Brix hydrometer for finished syrup. Fleet Farm sells them. A moonshine or wine hydrometer won't help much.
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Not just any hydrometer, a Brix hydrometer for finished syrup. Fleet Farm sells them. A moonshine or wine hydrometer won't help much.
Put in 44 taps near Little Falls on Saturday. Most were dripping. Collected 18 gallons of sap Sunday morning.
I know this is an old post but with the new snow I am getting itchy for sap season. I have tapped boxelder in the past and have noticed that female trees (those with seeds) produce at least double...
Pails near Little Falls are overflowing.
The few taps I have in Boxelder near Mankato have been producing over 1 gallon sap per tap the last couple days.
Very slow around Little Falls. Only pulled 25 gallons of sap from 35 taps Friday and Saturday. Dissapointing. I couldn't force myself to dump it so I fired up the evap and cooked to sweet. Will...
Computer fans work well for a small blower. They are 12v motors so you can remove the power pack and connect to a battery for secluded set ups, if desired. Careful they can melt, comes from...
I did this with my first block evaporator. I wasn't ready to splurge on fire brick. Granted I only produced 2 gallons of syrup but the metal held up better than expected. It warped, but held up. ...
Set 35 taps near Little Falls yesterday. Some are dripping slowly. One test tap, for fun, near Mankato is also dripping very slowly.
Cooked down about 45 gallons of sap on saturday for just shy of 1.5 gallons of syrup. Nice blonde syrup. What a beautiful weekend to be outside.
Agreed, average of 2 gallons per tree yesterday. Probably the same today.
I see you are here too Gissert. I am outside of Mankato and tap mostly Boxelder. I tapped most of them last week and have 1-2 gallons per tree. I also tapped 1 sugar maple and it has yet to run at...
Congrats Dave. I put a test tap in a large boxelder yesterday. Had about a cup of sap in one hour. Might be time in Mankato.