I just posted on the Tapping forum on the same topic, and wondered if anyone thinks the rapid weather change could also contribute to weeping. I’m just two towns over from Hudson where this poster is, I tapped Feb 9, on 5/16 gravity, and they ran well early last week with temps in the 40s. I saw very little of any weeping. Then we had a hard freeze on Friday in single digits, followed two days later with two days in the low 40s again. I expected a good run but it was rather slow, not even half the flow of the prior week. When I went looking at the trees and lines, I noticed a lot of weeping, at least half the trees, but not excessive amounts. Not all the way to the ground. Some just 6” around the tap hole. I’m just wondering if there’s a correlation to the slower flow.
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?