Originally Posted by
30AcreWoods
After as cold as it was, in my experience, it takes more than 2 days at 40 to start good flow again...and if it was cloudy or windy, forget it. Also, the trees might have been pumping sap, but if your taps/lines still had ice, then the pressure from the flow in the tree would have had no place to go but out around the tap holes. Finally, check your taps closely. Water/sap expands as it freezes. Plastic taps can crack and/or "frost jack" out of the tap holes, so you may need to reset some of them.
Thanks, that’s along the lines of what I was thinking. I gave some of the spouts a soft tap or two to see if they were loose or had come out. I don’t think I learned much from that. I also thought maybe it would take a day or two to really thaw out before running again.
2022 is season 7
2016: 20 taps on buckets, 4 gallons on a borrowed 2x3.
2017: 32 taps on buckets, 8 gallons of syrup, on a "loaner" Lapierre 19x48.
2018: 80 taps. First time tubing. New 10x12 sugar shack, Lapierre 2x5. Made 17 gallons
2019: 100 taps. 22 gallons. Added a small RO 50 gph.
2020: 145 taps, 30 gallons, sold half. Murphy cup is a great addition.
2021: tapped Feb 23, 150 taps, 35 gallons.
2022: 200 taps. I lost 50, added 100. Having fun but short season?