Western New York

[Framerjeff]

Checked my buckets today. 80percent ice 20 percent sap. Ice was 1.25. Water was 4.5 Hoping for a good run this week!! Boiled 70 gallons on the new corsair. What a difference almost 20 gallons an hour with the blower cranking. That's almost double what my homemade job did. Only bad thing it doesn't kick off the heat the old one did. I was a bit chilly lol

[82cabby]

Anyone else completely under-whelmed by this warm spell? I got .8 of a gallon per tap yesterday but at least that was 2.3%. Today.75 of a gallon per tap at 1.3%. My sugar is usually that low but I was expecting a much bigger run.

[YBSean]

Yes underwhelmed is my feeling in CNY. 110 gallons with 140 taps, most on 3/16 tubing. Was expecting double that volume. Last week our sugar was low at 1.3-1.5%. This week it is 1.8-2.4%. Tap sugars and reds.

[pathfinder22]

confused to say the least, everything seems thawed, but my trees are just not running well at all. 15 taps out and the best I can do is 10 gallons over the last 2 days,,I have yet to get even a 1/2 bucket out of a tree on any given day...couple of the smaller trees simply are not even dripping.....well like I said in a previous post, this is new property to me, I just gotta figure it out.........next week forecast looks good......

[wnybassman]

Warm spells SUCK

[backyardsugarer]

Steady but not crushed by an means. Vacuum is the key. without vac. I would not have much of anything and the tap holes would be filling with bacteria faster. It is 68 degrees and has not been cold at night in 3 days but I am still getting some flow.

140 gallons finished. Golden and Amber so far but my hunch is tonight we will make dark. Sap getting a little cloudy on the South facing tubing. Should clear up with a good freeze over the weekend.

[Waynehere]

We gathered 500 gal from 2 days, but pulled nothing off the pans. Not running very much now. Forecast showing warm days and cold nights. Might be another bad year for us again.

[pathfinder22]

I know it is warm out but looks like ok weather coming this weekend into next week,,,
put 4 new taps in last night to try some different trees, hit white wood on all 4, but 3 of the 4 trees the drillings where bone dry.
one started dripping before I could even get the tap in.
one is 5 feet from a creek, I would think that it is thawed by now....
have not done anything different than in the past....not new to this but always learning.....
anybody have thoughts on this????

[backyardsugarer]

It will break this weekend. We had cold followed by warm but the trees do not like the 70 degree stuff. I am betting you will be very happy with the short runs we have this weekend Saturday and Sunday. Quality of sap should be good (clear). It think it really hammmers Tuesday into Wednesday. We still have 2 or 3 weeks left of the season based on the 10 day so don't give up yet......

Just my 2 cents after 40 years of doing this.

[pathfinder22]

yeah, fingers crossed, I never give up, thats why I hit 4 new trees last night, I know I did everything right, but I always second guess myself....did I tap suger maples, did I drill deep enough and set the taps in correctly, ect ect,,,,
buckets on tubbing so I know I would not get what I would have on vac but geez it has been slow. I did have snow in the woods up til yesturday.
I did ro some couple days ago and put in the freezer cause not enough to boil..ran it thru 2 times eneded up with 3.5 gallons 4% suger.
either way, bonus, I get to walk in the wood every morning @ 5:30...this morning reminded me of turkey season, til I got **** near ran over by an owl....lol..had to change my shorts before I went to work.