i just tapped 2 trees this morning. i looked at the forecast and it looked fine to me.(mid 40s during the day and freezing at night) i heard that you could tap in the fall so i decided to try it witha couple trees. i will let you guys know if i get a good abount of sap and the sugar content is good.
spencer
Spencer Carney
350 taps
phaneuf 2x4 with hybrid pan
2-350 gal, 5-55 gal drums, and a cage tank
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I'm in Southern CT and there are bulbs popping out of the ground and tiny buds coming out on my Japanese Maple...it hit 61 on Saturday. long range has it getting back to "normal" by the weekend. I hope my sugars are smart enough to hold tight for another 35 days or so....
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2x4 wood fired evaporator with the "Hercules Blower"
hybrid pan and backflip preheater by Smoky Lake
103 taps. 44 on gravity
All sugar Maples
7" filter press
10 x 12 sugar shack
two very helpful kids
a wife that thinks I'm nuts
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What happens when you tap early then get a freeze for a couple weeks. Does that tree not produce after it thaws again? Why do you have to move to another tree?
Tom - a freeze of 2 weeks shouldn't hurt anything, once it warms again the sap will flow. A two week thaw would be worse.
2nd year tapping. Started with 6-7 taps last year and grew to 25 or so before season ended. Really got the itch. But can't believe the weather reports, could this actually be true above 40 during the day and below freezing at night all week? Is it possile? We put in to 4 taps to try, but reading through here it looks like it is time. Kids wanted too and I couldn't pass up the itch. Ideas? will it hurt production, do I need to do anything different, or watch for anything different? Thanks for any and all advice.
Thanks Mike
New to the board (and tapping)..might I ask a question. Probably a simple answer but I am a simple man. When I bought my buckets from an old timer that was cutting back on his production, he told me to always wait until Valentines day to tap. He said, some guys tap early and the run ends early. What I am reading here is, people are already in production. I am just a backyard hobbyist with 40 taps this year..but..is he wrong? Do we start now?
thanks in advance.
Tony from Salem CT
Well some people tap early some wait longer it all a gamble. I have found that some old timers tell you to that it is too early to tap and they may be right. I feel the date is moving earlier than it used to be because of globel warming. I tap early because the farmer who's land I tap on and our yankee family like fancy syrup and the best time to get that is early. However I have split my bet this year I tapped 72 taps on Jan 24 and am going to tap the rest 50 more on or around Feb. 6-12 depending on the weather. I only tapped in Jan. this year because the weather looked like it was going to be warm for a couple weeks. Hope this helps maybe some others could way in.
Seems like many people are saying that according to the long range forecast that it is going to get cold in the next week or two but I just looked at acccuweather and it looks pretty warm to me. http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/bro...2208062?day=11
2011-8 Taps on a very crude block arch
2012- 38 taps 2 X 3 with blower.
2013- 70 taps total-50 on tubing, 20 on buckets
2014- 75 taps- Low vacuum, 2X4 drop flue
2015- 100 taps-2X6 Mason Drop Tube, low vac
2016-115 taps high vac, 60 taps buckets
14X20 post and beam shack with attached 10X14 wood shed
12 beehives and an avid waterfowl hunter.
Wishing I can quit my day job, keep bees, farm, and make syrup!
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ya with that forecast i would go for it, if your ready.
2 x 6 small bros raised flue
preheater and hood
200 taps on gravity
200 taps on vac
16 x 12 sugarhouse
New Holland tc40 (sap gatherer)
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