Tapping Pennsylvania 2019

[Chief103]

My trees gave up. I sure hope they start running when the mercury rises!

[Sugarmaker]

Folks,
Tapping the rest of the roadside sugarbush today. Hoping for a warming trend this week.
Regards,
Chris

[Skeller001]

Sap started running again at my place. Nothing yesterday but 7 gallons today. My sap hydrometer arrived yesterday so I tested my sap. It tested out a 2.25. I am now running it through the RO and will do so a second time. I hope to have 6-8 gallons of concentrate for a weekend boil

After the first pass through the RO bucket I was almost 5%, then about 8% after the second pass

[Sugarmaker]

Folks,
Got a sap run late yesterday but had other commitments today and couldn't get it gathered. It will be a challenge tomorrow. Probably many 100 lb sap cubes! Maybe can get some sweet from the center???
Warming some in the PM tomorrow.
Typical hurry up and wait!
Regards,
Chris

[Paddymountain]

Things are a little slow here. Hopefully it will run some tomorrow and Friday.
Last week I boiled about 240 gallons; sweetened the pans and made about a half gallon of syrup.
I have to say the window looks a little small for the next two days, but you never know.
Next weeks forecast doesn't look to promising either!

[a.clarke]

Sap was running here as well. My tank at the main sugar Bush was frozen pretty solid so I wasn't able to collect anything there. But my one silver in the front yard was running pretty well. Got 2 gallons of 3% out of it today.

[Sugarmaker]

Folks,
Yea this doesn't look great for syrup making till mid March if you can believe the Accuweather forecast!
Sometime today or tomorrow will be the great sap ice cube dumping competition. I feel bad I was not able to get out and get it gathered yesterday. Big mistake on my part.
May get a little run starting tonight and through tomorrow night.
Regards,
Chris

[Skeller001]

I picked up another 8+ gallons of sap today. That is up 2 gallons from yesterday. So a little more than a half gallon per tree. If you guys are saying it is slow now what is normal???

[Paddymountain]

Skeller001:
We are slower because it's a lot colder where we are located. I just went down and turned my vacuum off.
The roofs are dripping, but my lines are frozen already. Tomorrow will be a good day here.
Barely below 30 tonight, and almost 50 in the afternoon.
Then it looks to be cold until the end of next week.hth

[Sugarmaker]

Gathered 180 gallons of 3%+ sap. Boiled it in with some new friends over tonight. Sweetened the pans to about 15%. If we get a small run tomorrow we might make syrup! Gathering was a challenge. Slush and ice in the tubs but no solid cubes! Whew, dodged a bullet on that one.




Regards,
Chris