Western New York

[Framerjeff]

Boiled 80 gallons Saturday and another 55 on Sunday. 20 + hours!! have a bit under 5.5 gallons now at 40%. Should yield about 3 1/4 when finished and is in line with the 1.6% sap I got earlier in season Color looks about the same also ( medium Dark). Definitely need to upgrade pan for next year. Any suggestions for a guy with about 40 taps.

[Waynehere]

We have been froze up for quite a while now as well. Tried a couple of times turning on the vac pumps, got a little bit, but nothing to collect. Then night time drops down between 8-20 degrees and it never really thaws out till noon or early afternoon... Even this coming weekend doesn't look that great now. Really getting itchy to boil something... Had a heat lamp under the flu pans for a few days, but decided to drain the flu pan last weekend seeing the long range forecast.

[wnybassman]

but decided to drain the flu pan last weekend seeing the long range forecast.

Did you finish it off, or storing it?

[mudr]

I've got sweet in the pans now for a week. It's been perfect temps for storage- there has been a 1/4 inch layer of ice on top but not fully froze up.

Now if we could only get a run. I would like one or two more. I tapped in early to hit some of the early runs. Then I though i made a mistake. Now I think it was the right decision for me because the past 2 weeks have been fruitless. If I held off I wouldn't be anywhere near my level of production. I need to double check, but I am at around 7.5 gal/tap on gravity so far. Give me one more decent run and it would put me at an average year for sap. Not so much in terms of sugar....

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[Elky81]

"framerjeff". I looked and searched all the options for a new pan this year and I decided to go with a badgerland pan (2x4 flat pan). You can order as just a straight flat pan or you have the option to add on the draw off port and thermometer port. I ordered mine with just the draw off port and the valve and shipped to my door in Greece it was $376. And the best part is there owned by Smoky Lake so you know it's good quality.

[Waynehere]

Did you finish it off, or storing it?

Just storing it. Should be good with the cold temps. Just didn't want to keep the warm bulb on it that long as it would probably start to get stringy...

[Urban Sugarmaker]

Everything is slow but I have been getting sap in the low to mid 30s. Just something about that ice cold sap that I like. Boiling when it's snowing feels right. Still making amber.

[bowtie]

Not showing anything in forecast to think it's going to change until next Friday, highs around 40 ,maybe a run this weekend depending on what forecast I look at. No doubt a strange year here in why.

[sugarman3]

strange forsure,started making amber,then some dk today we made 66 gallons,61 was golden and yelp,snowing hard, 33 degrees ,sap running real good,hoping to make more delicate tomorrow

[wnybassman]

At the onset of this cold snap I was thinking that were not quite halfway through the season. Now every day that passes with nothing moving I feel as though we are losing another day of the season, because you know once it turns around it will swing too much the other way. It was really starting to look good starting this weekend, but that seems to be all but gone now. Even the one warm day they are still calling for won't even thaw out the ice blocks in my tanks to get any sap out if it did run a little. On the bright side, in the 20 years I have been making syrup I have only gone into April once or twice. It sure looks like we will go into April this year............I hope!