Quote Originally Posted by SPM in King View Post
Karen, your numbers are giving you a 58:1 ratio. This seems high. Do some of your other maples give you a lower sugar content? I think we only tap one or two non-sugar maples. So I have no reference.
Yes you're right SPM, (nice to see you back on the forum for this year BTW! ), that's the correct average for my two batches. Pathetic I know. The problem is that the first batch was 70:1 because the sugar content was unusually low at the beginning of this season. I've never ever been below 2% except this year and was getting readings of 1.5% during the first sap runs. My second batch was much better at 34:1 as the sugar content in the sap was back to normal and I'd chucked some of the ice from my bulk sap storage container. Looks like your holiday in Aruba spared you the indignance of having to deal with record breaking poor sugar content. Good luck this season. Looks like Wednesday could get us back in the sap.