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    I'm hoping sap returns going into the weekend....my pan is finally sweetened just as the sap ran out. Already have to clean some mold outta my storage tanks
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    Still no sap as of last night

    Frickin' warm spells.
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    Its been chilly, but, I'm not sure its been cold enough. Hopefully we get one more run. I'll be lucky to get 2 gallons if we don't.

    sam

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    Quote Originally Posted by eustis22 View Post
    I'm hoping sap returns going into the weekend....my pan is finally sweetened just as the sap ran out. Already have to clean some mold outta my storage tanks
    I was in the same boat last Thursday. Got my 2x4 sweetened....then the that first Nor-easter, a cold few days, and now a 2nd Nor-easter and cold temps. through the weekend. I made 3 gallons of syrup and then drained my pan and will finish on a fryer today. I don't want to risk losing my sweet. I'd probably be fine letting it sit. Just don't want to risk it.
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    Had a few small runs this weekend and boiled about another 80 or so gallons. I will probably pull that out of the pan and finish it one night this week. It will probably slow for a few days after the storm and then get flowing again. I will try and pile up a bunch of snow for sap storage over the next week or so.

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    I will be pumpong about 140 gallons into mny holding tank tonight....sap ran great the last 3/4 days in haverhill.
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    Still running great. I'm hoping my RO pumps gets here before I amass 200 gallons. I['d like to thin out my sap herd.
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    I shut down my lines last night. I on't yet have season totals as I pumped 140 gallons into the holding tank for ROing tomorrow. My first ROing ran thru 110 gallons over 9 hours giving me 35 gallons of 6% sap. Turned into a 3 hour boil. But I had a heavy niter buildup going on in my syrup channel so I had a hard time with foaming. Took a tour of some Maine sugar shacks over Maple Sunday and asked the pros to sample my syrup. 2/3 said it was very tasty (I wil concede the pros do it much better as the samples I had were amazing). Third guy "Burnt". Me: "What????" It was a letdown, yes, but I learned my lesson. Clean after every boil. Burning all pine helps a LOT with cooldown time so I'll be doing that next year going forward. I love my new Mason and getting pretty fond of the RO.
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    Tapped in Haverhill!

    sap was flowing well so I just cleared the lines, fixed some leaks, unblock some bug jams. lines froze last night but when they start up I'll be ready. I will try to get some pics of the new Shaque D' Sucre later.
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    Glad to hear things are starting to flow. I'll be tapping the next few nights, should be able to hang about 50 before Thursday.

    Then I just need to get everything together to boil.

    sam

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