Does anyone know if these tress are actually in production? Meaning can you buy these trees as saplings now?
Does anyone know if these tress are actually in production? Meaning can you buy these trees as saplings now?
I hope so. I bought some already.
The Cornell U. website is impenetrable. The site mentions the Cornell Sugar Maple Program, but the link is dead.
Contact Mike Farrell at Cornell. He was very helpful:
Mike Farrell, Northern Maple Specialist, Uihlein Director <mlf36@cornell.edu>
St Lawrence Nursery has them they are silver maples about 20 each
As I was reading some posts from the past about this topic (in 2008) people seemed to have a lot of negative things to say about these trees like not long lasting tress, syrup might be darker, they fall over easily, ect...... Can anyone attest to any or all of this? I am sure a lot of people have Silvers on their property but how many people are tapping sweet sap Silver Maples?
There are 2 different groups of "super sweet maples available. Those available through Mike Farrel are Sugar Maples that have been selected for high test and then cloned and the seeds from those clones used to start the trees. They are not rapid growth trees but they are working on getting some that are.
I think the ones from St Lawrence Nursery are from Silver Maple stock and are rapid growth trees.
how long before one of these trees would be ready to tap?
2 1/2 x 10 with steam away leader drop flue inferno arch.
550 in gravity
The sweet silver maples can be tapped in 8-10 years with a sugar content of 3-5 percent. Sounds a lot better than 30-40 years to grow for sugar maples big enough to tap. I wonder how long these trees live. Even if they only produced sap for ten years. You could have more planted ready to produce sap by then. I think I may plant a few, after a little more research. Many questions will have to be answered first.
Brian Sickler
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That's awesome! I wonder if they use the RPM method to get them to grow faster?
outa the 10 i bought a few years ago, all but 2 died, and those two arnt looking great! followed directions and watered like crazy, but thats what i got!
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36x20 Sugarhouse 2.5 x 8 CDL Intesofire Wood Fired Evaporator, CDL Auto Draw Off
800 on Vac, Lapierre Double Releaser and 12x18 single
Surge Sp11 and DeLaval 25 Both Powered By 3.5 HP Honda Engines
Lapierre New Generation 600 RO
970 JD 4x4 Tractor Loader Backhoe, Stihl Chainsaws
One 11th Grade Sap Hauler, One German Shepherd Sappin' Dog
Sugar House Kitchen 20 x 12
http://s1233.photobucket.com/home/br...kler/allalbums