Anyone else not getting the flows they would expect?

[wkies]

Here is a link to a NOAA weather station about 100 feet from our sugar house. Sap runs have been ok. About a hundred a gallons off of 300+ taps last few days. No crazy runs.

You'll notice that temps here (30 miles of NYC along the coast) have just touched below freezing for a short while - nothing sustained.

http://amazon.nws.noaa.gov/nexhads2/...FC3&pe_code=TA

[valleyman]

I have a few in Norwalk and a few in Ansonia, both towns being in the southern part of Connecticut and they have been producing pretty well. For example from the most active 10 taps, I got 9 gallons yesterday, 7gal the day before. This past week has been slower than the previous week with about 30-35 gallons from 12 taps. The week of February 5th- 11th I got over 50 gallons from the same 12.

[Tanta K]

Very, very slow at the park. Probably getting 1/3 less than last year at best. Weather? One farmer came by and said it's bad because it was a dry winter. Another older man said it was bad because with the warmer temps the trees never went into a real state of dormancy. We have our open house on the 3rd and will probably quit after that and think Spring!

[Tanta K]

I only got 23 gallons on Sunday from 25 taps and it took 48 hours to get that much. Last year, the same taps gave me 50 gallons over 2 days. But, things were pouring fast today, maybe it'll be more for the end of this week.

[somershobby]

My flow seems to differ from tree to tree I have two that give me an inch or two in the bucket per day and one that gives 5 gallons per day. I cut trees for a living took down two maples (with a teer in my eye) yesterday one wasnt running it was dry. the other had a river spewing out as my saw went in. the trees were only 50 feet from each other and looked identicle

[Starting Small]

There has not been a day where a tap has given me a gallon. I am somewhere closer to 1/4 gallon per day. This is my first year with tubing and I put the spiles about an inch into the tree. Is that far enough or could that be why I am getting such low production. In 2 weeks and 38 taps I have only collected 50 gallons...total! I am just shocked.

[tonylaroccia]

We tapped this weekend in Salem down by the Eight Mile Jason. I put 60 in..buckets of course. So far we have gotten only 2o gallons of sap. It seems like 2/3 of the taps are producing nothing but a trace. Also, a few of them the sap was brownish. Not enough snow this year I believe
Andy

[CTfarm]

I got some good flow from the usual trees. Again, some trees gave little. I'm not sure if I'll keep the sap though. Suppose to be warm for three days and I just finished a boil. Temps look good for next week.

[PerryW]

Or the lack of snow caused the frost to go deeper into the ground than usual.

[Starting Small]

Or the lack of snow caused the frost to go deeper into the ground than usual.

so does that mean the season will just be late this year instead of early like we were originally thinking?