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    Default Tapping below branch lines with vacuum system

    Has anyone tried tapping below branch lines with vacuum system and you have what was your sap yield like ?

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    http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/Tapping%20B...e%20Digest.pdf

    Is this what you are looking for?


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    Thanks Kevin just what I was looking for

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    No problem. We tap wherever we can find good wood. It doesn’t appear to make much of a difference


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    Not a standard practice, however if you have good vacuum and good spout/drop sanitation practices it has no negative effects on sap yield.
    Dr. Tim Perkins
    UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
    http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
    https://mapleresearch.org
    Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu

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