Western New York

[mudr]

Nice vac levels. Show off. Haha.

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[wnybassman]

Nice vac levels. Show off. Haha.

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I like my hill

I went back this afternoon to see how one of the lines that was disconnected and laying on the ground was doing after I fixed it. It is doing fine


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[Richmaple1]

So i only have 10 taps in, mostly in Sugar maples in the woods. But I have this huge Norway Maple near the house, and a monster 8' circumference Silver maple.

So I put taps into both of those big trees. The Norway made a gallon of sap yesterday, but the Silver, which is in full sun in the yard all alone, has done almost nothing.

Do the larger trees take longer to thaw? I was sure that the Silver would produce a bunch given its open sun area, and large size.

[treehugger89]

Usually silver maples are a pain to get any sap out of on buckets. If you get any sap, it will most likely be a small amount compared to a sugar maple plus a low sugar content.

[Richmaple1]

So the silver maple is not a good gravity runner? i was wondering as the other trees, albeit only a day or so, are really dripping.

[lyford]

Rich, my experience has been that silvers run alot like reds. Some trees will fill the bucket while others barely keep the bottom of the bucket wet.

[Tickle]

got in 15 taps today all on buckets, most were running good, still have 25 to go, hope to get the rest in tommorow

[Dinorocks]

I tapped 60 trees on 2/13/18...traditional buckets/taps. Bucket bottoms were barely covered on 2/14/18...didn’t collect. Collected late this afternoon (2/15/18) and yielded 53 gallons of sap. I have 2 55-gallon food-grade barrels to fill. I’m planning to boil Saturday...hope to have enough sap (including what I collect during the boil) to get 3 gallons of syrup. I’ll report back later.

Good luck!
Dino

Ps...this is my third year....evolved from milk jugs and miscellaneous pots, boiling in the woods, to 60 traditional buckets and taps with a 2x4 ft stailess steel pan and firebrick lined fire pit. Most of my sugar maples are tapped so now it’s just trying to be more efficient! Learning lots from this site...thanks!

[wnybassman]

Flow was halfway decent the last two days, got about 235 gallons out of 188 taps. Buckets are just about stopped and the tubing is still running a little bit. Sugar content is the worst I've seen since I started checking sap eight years ago or so. Put 165 gallons through the evaporator today and am knocking on the door for the first draw.

[Urban Sugarmaker]

Marginal flow today with 60 degree temps. I am going to collect tomorrow and probably boil Saturday. The cool off should keep the sap from spoiling.