The buds are getting awfully big here in Central Il.
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The buds are getting awfully big here in Central Il.
Here in Peoria I haven't seen any buds in my bush of sugar maples. But in my front yard my silver maples have large buds. What kind of maples are you seeing buds?
Camp Wokanda
Peoria Park District
2023 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, sap storage shack w/ 1100 gallon tank - 123 gallons
2022 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, homemade vac filter & water jacket canner - 104 gallons
2021 - 215 on 3/16 shurflo, added 2nd membrane to RO - 78 gallons
2020 - 210 on 3/16 shurflo, upgraded hp pump on RO - 66 gallons
2019 - 150 on 3/16 shurflo, Deer Run 125 dolly RO - 73 gallons
2018 - 120 on 3/16 shurflo, 2x6 raised flue w/hood, homemade arch w/ AUF & AOF - 34.5 gallons
Reds and silvers are the only ones swelling up right now. As long as you don't hit a string of 60 degree or more days they won't pop. We have a deep freeze coming that will probably kill some buds here. Two years ago the silver maple buds popped then we went into a deep freeze. It killed them all and extended the season for another 300gallons of sap.
2020
8th year making sugar
120 taps second year on vac
2x4 Divided pan.
Homemade RO 4x42XLE
Shurflo 4048 pump
Same here. I have 1 silver in my yard with buds but none of my sugars are budding. Cold weather is going to give us another good run.
silvers, but I have those tapped tooIt just seems early to me
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