Are basswood trees in the maple family? Can they be tapped?
Are basswood trees in the maple family? Can they be tapped?
Basswood are in the Tilia family.
Maples are in the Acer family.
Basswood cannot be tapped.
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Sandstone, MN 55072
16 x 24 sugar shack
crescendo auto drawoff,
Home built ro with a Dow xle 4040 membrane.
1 1/2 hp motor on 220 drawing 8 amps
Gravity feed
300 taps on vacuum
2 x 6 Smokey Lake Corsair arch with blower and pans and preheater
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No, they are good for carving duck decoys and feeding the odd grouse but not much use other than that. Don't even burn that good either.
2 1/2 X 8 D. & G. (new to me for 2012)
new CDL 125 RO for 2020
600 taps - tried vacuum with old Surge dairy pump in 2011 and worked great
half on vacuum and half on 3/16"
400 gal. Zero tank
Kubota 3540 and Cub Cadet splitter
Wild turkeys and deer to keep me company
Grandkids used as taste testers!
I was told by a forester that they are very good for your sugarbush. The decomposing leaves add good stuff to the soil for maples.
Bass wood is very soft and light weight
Homemade 46 by 26 wood boiler with two polished stainless pans
Home made sugar shack with Caputo Rooftop
15 gallon pre-heater tank with a circulating copper pipe stack heater.
two 45 gallon storage tanks with transfer pumps
150 taps (buckets)
Arctic Cat Prowler
Two big reds with bucket holders to collect the sap
Good wife to assist me
Getting sweeter one drop at a time.