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EEERRRRRRRR,,, I said what???Ill be tapping around march first.....
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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March first sounds great to me! I was starting to think with all this construction I was doing on the new sugarhouse I lost a couple of months and was waking up in April! I think we all should get sychronized and open our refridgerator doors at the same time to get the temps back to normal!!
Marty
Just over 2000 taps
30x8 Leader Max flue with cross flow pans and homemade reverse oil fired arch
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Kevin, What in the name of bridges are you talking about????
You predicted 3/4 of a crop last year.....not here, I had a half crop and most others by me had 50% of a half crop which is 25%.
If you can predict the future with your "computer module", then it must not have started working till yesterday, as it would have told you to start tapping on New Years Day, which is a month before Ground Hog Day. In dealing with this, you would not have lost the 50% of your crop that you say everyone has lost. Have you done any sample tap(s)????
My sample tap) 1/2 gallon of sap in the last week.
Low season average @40:1=1 qt. syrup/tap
High season average@40:1=2 qt. syrup/tap
Low season average (sap lost)=5% loss
High season average(sap lost)=2.5%loss
These numbers do not include the 2nd tree that yielded one cup sap.
% of loss due to premature taphole drilling= percentage of loss is so high its not even measurable in %%%%%%%%
Warning: Past results are not indicitive of future results.
Caution: Weather may be more favorable where you are.
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Wisconsin was down a full 50% in '05, per the Maple Digest. Some areas in the eastern part did much better than the western part. Wisconsin normally comes in @ 100,000 gallons, last year, 50,000.
What do you mean by a "run"? Every time you collect? Any time there is one gallon in the tank? 1/2 pint sap per tap? Gallon of sap per tap? Every 24 hr. period? Needs to be clarified.
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