Originally Posted by
BreezyHill
What I have is straight from Steve Childs of Cornell University. In his email he states this was from a power point, at a talk that he did this season. Steve is one of our states land grant college's contacts of all things maple for our 4-H club.
The last time that I shared info from Cornell, Dr Tim got upset, stating that it was copy right protected material and that it is for purchase. Thus to not upset the good DR. again; I have to state that the name of this section of the presentation is 2014 Tap Hole: Sanitation and Vacuum.
It is definitely ground breaking data that will change the way progressive producers manage and maintain their tubing systems for maximum production.
The key to the sanitation is to let the product sit so that it has an affect. Remember that Dr Tim eluded to this point that we need to have contact of product to kill spores. The vacuuming into the spout and system has little to no affect; but letting the sanitizer have contact for at least 30 minutes and results are major!
I was recommended to let it sit for a day and then vacuum out or let the first run flush it out. I will opt to flush with water while vacuuming it out to remove the black spots I have in the system.
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Interesting to have copyrighted material you have to pay for from work produced and paid for by your tax dollars.
Sugaring for 45+ years
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250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
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