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    Default Is it time to tap in central VA

    Anyone tapping? In Lynchburg, I tapped two test trees; one one woods immediately dripping and one in the front yard not so much. Going to tap a few more on Monday.
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    Tapped 4 as a test last week. Collected around 7 gallons. Gonna tap everything else after the next freeze / thaw.

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    Good luck you guys,still waiting in N.J. Crazy weather again this year,no snow to pack sap in.
    2021 95 taps all on 3/16' natural gravity 2018 home built 4x40 RO 2017 1000 sap 15gal syrup 4 runs of 3/16 natural vac 1 of 5/16 2016 775gal of sap made 12gal syrup 2015 18.5 gal about 55 taps. Have the best wife! cub cadet volunteer 4x4 sap hauler

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    Long range weather shows a 40/20 degree cycle setting up on Jan 27. I plan on getting everything tapped by then
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    go, go, go for it.

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    42 taps in as of 1/26. Come on sap I need to fire up the new evaporator
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    I live in the mountains outside of Harrisonburg Virginia. I started tapping this year January 1, 2017. I drilled taps for about two weeks. I had two medium runs and one large runs, but no where near as good as last year. This has been a bad year with all the warm weather.

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    The weather stinks for sure. I had a good run this weekend and got additional sap thru today. I have a few new trees that have not produced. Pulling those taps and relocating for to other trees. With this crazy weather I figure time is short.
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    has been cooler than last year, just not cold enough. last year at this time I had at least one great run. This year barely over 5 gallon in 100 trees.

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    I've got 230 5 gallon buckets with 430 taps. My trees aren't the biggest avg maybe 20 inches. I started on January 1. We got a 230 , 470, 240 and 275 gallon runs. this year. We've made around 14 gallons so far and burnt up 3 of that. haha. The season is not good so far. I made 30 gallons last year with half the taps.

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