Tapped in Union County

[bowhunter]

I tapped 49 trees on Saturday. The long range forecast for late January and all of February looked pretty good. I've moved so I only have access to about 70 trees right now. Plan to tap 20 or so today which should finish me up. I had a small run on Saturday evening, but it was a little slow because the trees and ground were frozen solid in the morning. I should be doing my first boil tomorrow if I get a decent run this afternoon. Hopefully I'll have enough sap to run in the RO and get the pan sweetened.

[Grand Square Acres]

Wish I can tap now by the look of the forecast but still installing all new tubing. Good luck keep us posted on the flow.

[bowhunter]

Had a fairly good run between Saturday and Monday. I plan to collect sap on Tuesday so I'll see how well it actually ran. The long range forecast still looks pretty good here for the next 3-4 weeks.

[bowhunter]

Did my first boil yesterday. Boiled about 52 gallons. RO ran well and was able to draw off syrup after 2 1/2 hours. Not sure exactly how much I drew off because it's in the bottom of my turkey frier. Looks like I might get another run Friday and Saturday. I don't think there will be anything today because the overnight lows were only 32.

[Grand Square Acres]

bowhunter you are making me jealous, I still have at another week before I can even think about tapping. I just finished putting up about 1000 ft of main line now its time to run lats and tie in. But when all done I will have about 500 taps on vacuum this year. Good luck and keep us posted.

[bowhunter]

Had a fair run Saturday and Sunday. Collected about 65 gallons from 70 taps on buckets Sunday evening. Plan to fire up the RO and evaporator this morning and make some syrup. The long range forecast doesn't look favorable again until February 20th or so.

[RC Maple]

I would have tapped on Saturday just for a test run had anyone forecasted the temps even close to what they were. By the time I had seen how warm it was Saturday morning and saw the forecast for Saturday and Sunday I had to leave in 3 hours and be gone all day. I was in Anderson, IN and the sunshine and almost 50 degrees was hard to take knowing I had no buckets catching the sap that was running. No point in tapping yesterday with the way the forecast looked for this week so I'm just waiting on the next go around. Hopefully, I'll have some syrup made before the month is out.

[bowhunter]

Finished 2 1/4 gallons of syrup yesterday. I love the little set up I have with an 18 GPH RO feeding the 1/2 pint directly. I was able to finish right off the evaporator. Sugar content looks to be around 2.4% on average. This is the first year I've tapped any red's and they're really slow to respond. If they go buddy first and the sap flows much later, I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I might just want to add a few sugar's a little further out from the sugar house.

[Grand Square Acres]

bowhunter sounds like you are off to a good start.

[buckeye gold]

South of you and the weekend was big. Sunday was my best run in two years and monday and tuesday were good then nothing. I finished a little short of 3 gallons and have about ten gallons of super sweet setting in buckets waiting for enough sap to run the evaporator again. Looks like a week of cold. I'm a little over 9 gallons for the year.