Anyone tapping yet? The 15 day forecast is looking really good. We tapped at the end of January last year too. The sap is flowing, I tapped a couple trees and they were dripping pretty good.
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Chautauqua and Cattaraugus 2017
Anyone tapping yet? The 15 day forecast is looking really good. We tapped at the end of January last year too. The sap is flowing, I tapped a couple trees and they were dripping pretty good.
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Have 8 taps out in the yard just to see what I can get. Itching to fire up new evap and let her rip. Going to wait a while before putting out the rest unless something really happens.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
hi chickenman , curious as to how you did with sap flow yesterday ?
well, the 5 gal pails are now about 1/2 full and the sap sacks that I put out Thursday have about 2 quarts of sap each. So from 8 taps I only have collected around 6 gallons of sap. Only got up to 32 F today. Weekend looks better and the following week should be perfect--upper 30's to 40 daytime high 20's at night.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
We collected about 75 gallons from 30 taps on Thursday. This week should be productive.
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thats great ,hope to tap by 2nd week in Feb. or watch forecast
Holly Chautauqua County........sap is flowing today. Checked sap sacks and pails at 2:00pm when I got home from work and may need to collect tonight so the don't overflow tomorrow. Looking forward to maiden fire on new MASON 2X3 this weekend. Good thing too, down to my last quart of syrup. Only up to 14 taps as of today around the house. Silvers and sugars running really good. One silver is dripping like 2 fluid ounces a minute.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
Sap coming out of my ears! Good deal!
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I think I'm done. Just checked 39 taps and only about 10 had sap. Grant it, they had a fair amount but not enough to justify keeping them all out. Maybe 20 gallons of sap in total. Was 9 degrees Sunday morning, got up to 38 late afternoon, was in the mid 40's yesterday and 60 today. Was hoping for better production. Ended up with 3 1/2 gallons syrup, and 4 lbs of sugar this year. I think I will have enough sap for 1 more gallon if it doesn't go bad.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
The 2018 season is creeping up on us. Anyone thinking about catching the run this coming weekend?
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