Why not tap large limbs too?
Happy Easter to you & yours!
My neighbor has a huge tree I've been eyeing. The trunk is about 45" in diameter.
About 10 ft off the ground it has 5 large limbs about 21" in diameter and 3 smaller limbs next to them about 16" in diameter.
Each limb is basically a tree in itself!
I'm wondering... could I put a tap in each limb a few feet away from the trunk, run the tubing down the trunk to the collection buckets, along with a few in the trunk (as usual) into the buckets?
Crazy?
Won't work well?
Same as overtapping a tree?
Ever been done before?
2014: 1st year w/ 6 taps (Silver Maple, Black Walnut), evaporator = 26" diameter carbon steel wok on customized turkey fryer burner. Syrup had a maple-butterscotch-caramel corn flavor. Concentrated the sugar by freezing all sap before boiling ("poor man's R.O.") as an experiment.
2015 - Currently: 11 taps (Silver Maple, Black Walnut, Norway Maple).