My first year too. I have 45 taps in, with many of them forest trees (small crowns). I would say that only about 10 of my taps run well and they are the biggest trees and some at the forest edge. The rest run very slowly and I have 2-3 that have been almost dry.

I plan on marking the good ones and next year looking further for bigger trees and more edge trees. I am wondering if a forest thinning would help (for the long run).

Chris