Savage3006, I believe you have a bigtooth Maple. We sold a few in the garden center, but it's been a while since I saw one.
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Savage3006, I believe you have a bigtooth Maple. We sold a few in the garden center, but it's been a while since I saw one.
I don't think so, on big tooth maple major lobes come to a sharp point in my tree ID book.
Dave Klish about 1320 taps in '15, down to about 700 in '16, up to 1000 for 2019?
2012 Mahindra 36 HP 4x4/ loader/cab/heat/AC:-)
added a gooseneck equipment trailer and F350 to tow it to haul more sap
3x8 raised flue evaporator
250 GPH converted to electric, RO by Ray Gingerich
6.32 KW solar system, 1.48KW is battery backed up, all net metered
http://s1041.photobucket.com/albums/...anssugarhouse/
website: www.cnymaple.com
Ok Dave, I was going from memory, but the shape looked right.....it's been a few years since I saw one. Leaves can vary a lot, if we could see the tree we'd know pretty quick.
The basic shape is similar.
Dave Klish about 1320 taps in '15, down to about 700 in '16, up to 1000 for 2019?
2012 Mahindra 36 HP 4x4/ loader/cab/heat/AC:-)
added a gooseneck equipment trailer and F350 to tow it to haul more sap
3x8 raised flue evaporator
250 GPH converted to electric, RO by Ray Gingerich
6.32 KW solar system, 1.48KW is battery backed up, all net metered
http://s1041.photobucket.com/albums/...anssugarhouse/
website: www.cnymaple.com
Sorry for never getting back to you all. I determined that they are Italian maple trees and I never got around to checking your responses. Thank you to all who took the time to help me out.
I have settled on tapping silver maples for my first year. It’s a small operation, I’m just hoping to get a gallon for home. I’ll try again to find sugar maples that I can tap this summer.
Did any of you tap yet? These few nice days have me itching to go, but I see another cold snap coming, so I think I’ll wait for the next warm up.
Definitely does not look like Italian maple. Try looking up field maple. Not sure it they're actually a maple though, if memory serves me right I think field maple is in the soapberry family.
March 2011- my brain had a weird spark
3 taps then 14
2012- 35 taps
2013-GBM 2x4 150 taps
2014- Custom 2x10
2015- Smoky Lake 2x2 syrup 2x8 drop flue
2016- turbo 2000 and 36 cfm sihi 500 taps,
2017- SL filter and bottler
It looks something like a tree i saw in San Diego last week. I was thinking no way was it really a maple even if the leaves looked similar. Also, I didn't see any lines or sugar houses so it couldn't been tapable.
Ken & Sherry
Williston, VT
2017 - 13 gallons on 65 taps (12 buckets, rest 3/16), 2x4 flat bottom, modified cargo box sugarhouse
2018 - 90 gallons on 418 taps (gravity lines), Leader 30"x10' Vortex Arch & Max Raised Flue with Rev Syrup Pan, New Sugarhouse
2019 - Burned through alot more money: heated kitchen, 2x2,000 and 375 gal ss sap tanks, CDL1200 RO, Bauch Vac Pump, More taps, etc., etc., etc.
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
I believe you’re probably right. The seeds are rather distinct and that is enough to convince me. Either way, it’s not a tree I’ll be tapping.
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