I use a spray made up of Vicious Viper hot sauce, vegetable oil and water. It works very well, however if you just have drops into buckets the spray would likely get into the sap in the bucket and that would ruin the sap.
The recipe we use: 5-6 drops Vicious Viper, about 1/2 cup vegetable oil and then fill a 24 oz spray bottle the rest of the way with water. Shake each time you go to spray, it does not stay in suspension. Use nitrile gloves and eye protection.
Once a squirrel gets 1 taste they will never bite the tubing again. I only spray near the tree, not in stretches between the trees. We have never detected any in the syrup.
The spray lasts about 10-14 days, less if it rains. One 5 oz bottle of vicious Viper will be good for the season for about 2-3000 taps.
Last edited by maple flats; 02-22-2019 at 06:47 PM.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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