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  1. #21
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    Default 2017 tapping plans in Mid Missouri

    temperatures are not looking great for the next 7 days for sap flow. Maybe today/tomorrow, but there is ice everywhere and more forecasted for tonight. Then we have lows well above 32 for a few days.
    2020: 220 trees, most smaller than 20" diameter, made 25 gallons
    remote location in western Cole County
    5/16" plastic spiles, drain into plastic buckets or sapsaks
    haul sap out of woods using atv & trailer
    wood-fired pans on concrete blocks
    one Leader Half Pint 24 x 33" plus 24 x 30 ss pan from a junkyard
    cook batch process then finish in the kitchen;
    we dont sell our syrup; its for family & friends
    see website www.mosyrup.com

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    I added a few pictures in my gallery area under 2017 season that show some of the mainline and laterals in the system I set up. It was a very icy day. I risked my life taking those pictures.
    Last edited by RiverSap; 01-16-2017 at 08:05 PM.
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    55 sugar maple, 15 walnut taps on plastic buckets and tubing
    Block arch on driveway

  3. #23
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    Nice looking setup.

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    Thanks Ray. Now if it would just produce something. I tapped 14 Walnut trees on Sunday. Today I collected sap for the first time and got 18 gallons. It seems as if the walnut sap is running and the maple sap is not. Temperatures have been in the mid 30s to 40 at night and upper 40s during the days. I do not have any maple sap yet. I put the walnut sap into 5 gallon containers and put the containers into a large commercial merchandising refrigerator I bought this week. Last year my Walnut sap went bad because I waited to long to cook it. I had it sitting in a container out near my arch and the temperatures were often in the 40s and 50s.
    Crazy River Sap
    55 sugar maple, 15 walnut taps on plastic buckets and tubing
    Block arch on driveway

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    Default good sap flow weather coming

    if you believe the 10 day forecast, looks like jeff city area will have great temp conditions for sap flow beginning wed jan 25. just a little later than 2015 and 2016, when we tapped on jan 16 and jan 20. john
    2020: 220 trees, most smaller than 20" diameter, made 25 gallons
    remote location in western Cole County
    5/16" plastic spiles, drain into plastic buckets or sapsaks
    haul sap out of woods using atv & trailer
    wood-fired pans on concrete blocks
    one Leader Half Pint 24 x 33" plus 24 x 30 ss pan from a junkyard
    cook batch process then finish in the kitchen;
    we dont sell our syrup; its for family & friends
    see website www.mosyrup.com

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    Yep, forecast looks good for the St Louis area starting on the 26th, so hopefully that plays out well for us all.

    I've got a grand total of 4 1/2 gallons of sap from my maples so far. Last year I'd gotten about 16 gallons by now.

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    I have not seen anything from Goggleeye this year. He is probably busy with the 500 or so trees he taps.
    Crazy River Sap
    55 sugar maple, 15 walnut taps on plastic buckets and tubing
    Block arch on driveway

  8. #28
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    Default St Louis Beginner

    Hello! This is our first time tapping and we're excited to get started! We have one backyard tree in St Louis at our house and two giant woodland maples in Columbia, MO at the grandparent's that we're planning to tap. From what I've been reading, it looks like next weekend is the time to set our first taps? Or should we have them in already? Thanks! Holly

  9. #29
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    Welcome Holly. I live in St Louis as well. St Louis county actually. Tap your trees right now. The coming two weeks looks perfect.
    Crazy River Sap
    55 sugar maple, 15 walnut taps on plastic buckets and tubing
    Block arch on driveway

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    Thank you! We're excited to see how things turn out! My kids have high hopes for some homegrown maple syrup

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