Western New York

[Waynehere]

Checked my tanks and found one that the feed line had fell out somehow. ****... Pumped the whole tank on the ground, usually 150-200 gal. Otherwise it did look like a decent run overnight.

[wnybassman]

About a 1.6 gallon per tap run here. Sugar tanked though, about 1.5. Yuck............

[mudr]

Pumping now. Probably 1.0 gal/tap. Cleared up nicely. Have to get hydrometer out though. Does not taste overly sweet.

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[barnbc76]

Best run yet, i pulled 5 taps and then added 8 more. I've nearly maxed out storage, I think I have 70 gals at least. Time to really see how good i can push this new set up. Unfortunately i dont know when i will get the chance to boil. Should i wait till thursday when wind is down but risk it 50 degree day or try and boil tomorrow in 30+mph wind with a pallet windbreak only 4ft tall (not quite tall enough to make it really effective). It will likely take at least 10hrs or more any advice?

[lyford]

115 gallons off 100 bags/buckets sugar is down 1.6-1.7

[mudr]

I just went out to lock up the chickens for the night. Peepers singing loud and clear. This is my second time hearing them for the year, and my dad had them one other time.

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[bowtie]

Collected 90 ish gallons from 190 taps in the woods , got probably 5 from the 6 taps in my lawn. Was running ok in the woods this afternoon. Depending on the weather tomorrow and Thursday may be it. With it getting cold again after that I think the next warm up may end it for most. My woods trees may hang on a little while longer but not sure I will continue if the sugar content drops much more.

[Tickle]

Boiling 40gal of sap right now ,temp outside is 45 and wind is starting to pickup a little ,needed to get it done tonight as I wouldn't be able to get to it till Thursday and figured it would go bad by then , I had buds open last warm up then frost on Sunday with temp of 6,all the buds looked dead, so far sap seems good and not sure what old buds will do , I do have about 3-4 trees that have already shut down for the year it looks like , will see what the rest do after this next freeze up ,I would imagine one more run then done

[wnybassman]

Collected 90 ish gallons from 190 taps in the woods , got probably 5 from the 6 taps in my lawn. Was running ok in the woods this afternoon. Depending on the weather tomorrow and Thursday may be it. With it getting cold again after that I think the next warm up may end it for most. My woods trees may hang on a little while longer but not sure I will continue if the sugar content drops much more.

I hear ya. I was hoping for higher sugar and lightening of the syrup, and the opposite occurred for both. Even the last collection this afternoon had slight cloudiness to it. Tough to keep stuff clean, and from spoiling, with these repetitive warm temps.

[Tickle]

Forgot to mention of the 40gals of sap collected this run ,sugar was 1% lowest so far ,on all reds and silvers ,50taps buckets and drop lines