How long do we have?

[hodorskib]

This has been a very strange season for us. Runs have been huge 1.5-1.75 gallons per tap but in the past week the sugar has dropped to just below 1%. Normally it runs right at 1.5% and has been that way for the past 18 years not sure what is going on. Anyone else seeing a drop like this?

[doctortom]

This has been a very strange season for us. Runs have been huge 1.5-1.75 gallons per tap but in the past week the sugar has dropped to just below 1%. Normally it runs right at 1.5% and has been that way for the past 18 years not sure what is going on. Anyone else seeing a drop like this?

I'm not sophisticated enough to know about %'s, but I am yielding much less syrup this year than prior years. It seems that it is 45-50 gallons to make a gallon of syrup, so I would interpret that to mean that the percentage is down for me compared to prior years.

[mike103]

This has been a very strange season for us. Runs have been huge 1.5-1.75 gallons per tap but in the past week the sugar has dropped to just below 1%. Normally it runs right at 1.5% and has been that way for the past 18 years not sure what is going on. Anyone else seeing a drop like this?

I think its because we havent had a good freeze in about a week and trees have to reset sugar. Dr Tim has a good explanation why that is. Something to do with the freeze thaw cycle.

[tonylaroccia]

Moths in the buckets with cloudy sap in Salem. Not much last three days. No buds or peepers though. Maybe last week?

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[lafite]

peepers were in full chorus here in Cheshire the last 2 nights.

[valleyman]

I'm hoping for at least 40 more g's for a boil. Weather forecast seems encouraging for another run or two.

I'm a sucker for the peeper chorus, but I certainly wouldn't mind NOT hearing them again tonight.

Guess we all need to be ready to go in mid January in 2018.

[Stiets]

........I certainly wouldn't mind NOT hearing them again tonight.

Guess we all need to be ready to go in mid January in 2018.

I agree, next year I will be hitting the ground running once the temps are looking good. I was still finishing the new sugar shack in mid January this season and not ready. It was a rough learning year for me with the weather and a new setup. It looks like my field sugar maples are drying up but the sugars in the woods are still dripping away.

[Ctmaple84]

The 10 day forecast looks good with highs in the 40's and lows in the upper 20's and 30's after Sunday.i know you cant trust it more then a few days out but looks like we will get a few more good runs.this hard freeze this weekend is gonna help out allot.hope I am right

[valleyman]

The 10 day forecast looks good with highs in the 40's and lows in the upper 20's and 30's after Sunday.i know you cant trust it more then a few days out but looks like we will get a few more good runs.this hard freeze this weekend is gonna help out allot.hope I am right

I hope you're right too! Especially now that I've had time to re-plenish my wood supply for a few more boils.

[DaveB]

While we will probably see temps in the 50s in the middle of next week, we have to get past temperatures in the 30s today, teens and 20s tomorrow and 30s on Sunday with temperatures near zero come Sunday morning. After the middle of next week it looks more normal so I think the trees will respond accordingly but if we have another warm stretch, it might open the buds.

At least for me in the north eastern part of the state in a valley at 700' I think I should be good for several more weeks.