My one woods ran yesterday and today about 1.5 gallons per tap as well. Boiled for the first time this morning and had 3300 gallons to run through. My other woods is not doing very well, north or south side. Been saying all along its the frost and I certainly think that to be the case. My floor drain is froze up in my RO room and that has only happened one other time in the past 10 years. The syrup was between medium and light as a good portion was a week old. Have about 2000 gallons from yesterday and today that will be gone tomorrow. Had one Leader stubby pop out last night. Sure not thrilled about this issue! My vacuum was at 19" today so I went for a walk.
My north side has only yielded about a gallon per tap in the last week. Surprising as well, the north side is my lowest sugar content which is not normal. It has always been the highest % out of any of my vacumm woods, This would suggest the trees that furnish the sweetest sap are not running yet?
Last edited by markcasper; 03-22-2018 at 09:54 PM.
Mark
Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.
John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
No cage tanks allowed on this farm!