Quote Originally Posted by Hop Kiln Road View Post
Four or five seasons back it was too warm to have a freeze/thaw cycle and the trees finally let loose without it, or perhaps the air temps didn't cycle but the ground temps/root systems did?
At the end of that season I was down at my releaser contemplating whether to shut off the vacuum off or not. The sap was still coming in and the temp was 83*. I could literally see the flowers on the red maples open while I was sitting there on my 4 wheeler!