Pull Spouts or Not???

[mainebackswoodssyrup]

We’re still pulling taps in Byron. Still about 4000 to do.

[ennismaple]

The sooner you pull taps the better. You want the spring sapwood growth and the fall growth to close the taphole up in one year if possible. The longer the taphole is open the more prone it can be to a fungus or other disease.

We do miss pulling a few taps every year and the junk that is in the lines is nasty the following spring and doesn't come clean afterwards. I can't imagine having all my tubing look like that.