Originally Posted by
Lespetras
Susan,
How would you measure a tree trunks temp?
You're the nurse, you figure it out! hehe :-) oh btw I looked at my records for 2013 when I put taps in Feb 23....and got a punky lil run of 14.5l sap. Also the forecast shows cloudy weather for most of the coming week, my trees are all pretty big and take much longer to thaw out. They like sunny weather. So still holding off. So there! nyah! ;-)
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup