2017 Season

[Run Forest Run!]

Congrats on a successful first year Hoppy! I'm sure you'll be joining in again next year with bigger plans and more empty bottles. Enjoy your syrup.

[HowardR]

The temperature was about 31 this morning. It is sunny and I'm expecting another big run today and tomorrow.

[KV Sappers]

Ant, ants and more ants.

Way to warm. If I do not see any cold temps in the next few days I am calling it quits. I do not need anymore dark syrup.

I hear ya Dennis. My syrup is dark too. This morning the tress aren't even running. I'll see what tomorrow brings and if they don't start running I'm quitting. Who would have thought the season would be over for us in February.

[Etown Maple Syrup]

Sugar content is still 2.2-2.7 here. It should flow again in a few days! I have 30 gallons of sap from yesterday to boil yet! Don't give up!

[HowardR]

Who would have thought the season would be over for us in February.

Just two years ago the winter was much colder than usual. The sap didn't start running until March. The weather was even -- below-freezing nights and highs during the day in the upper thirties or lower forties -- perfect for good sap flow. But the last two years, the weather has alternated between extremely cold and extremely warm.

[helptheold]

I only got about 3 gallons today of clear stuff, the rest was yellow-ish. Gonna leave the taps in until after this weekend just to see what the warm then cold snap does. For my second year I'm very happy with how things turned out & now that I've figured out how to do everything, next year should be easy to set up & get going

[Manatawny]

Today I had a bunch of hazy, slightly-yellowish sap. It was only one day old and I boiled it right away. It's concentrate now, not syrup, but it didn't smell bad at all. Seems ok. Am I missing something?

[psparr]

If it didn't smell and didn't get ropey then your good to go.

[Sandersyrup]

I tapped on Friday and boiled about 60 gallons of sap. Nothing flowing currently hoping my season didn't end with just 1 boil! I installed spiles that prevent reverses sap flow hoping to bridge the gap to a cold spell that may never come.


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[Dennis H.]

If the sap is a little hazy no need to fret over it, boil away.

I find the biggest indicator for me is how much foam it produces when boiling and how the steam smells.
The late season stuff can have a very odd smell to it, it tastes really good but hard to boil without foaming issues.

If tonight does not get below freezing I do not see and day or night in the foreseeable forecast that has anything below 40 degrees.
Not very optimal sugar'in weather.
I hope the season continues but these past few days in the mid 60's really has me interested in doing other things!