Hey Missouri- give us your update on sap flow

[unclejohn]

Ive heard that some folks tapped trees on Christmas 2020 weekend. How did that work? If you didnt, do you think that is too early? John

[oldcabin]

I did not. I plan on tapping Wed to see.

[oldcabin]

Anyone else out there having any luck?

Sap was down this week. Weather was good, had some rain. 43 gal collected. 96 oz syrup after filtering. 20210123_220057.jpg

[skinny78]

220 gallons collected last week. Just finished 2 new lines this weekend bringing our system up to 152 taps on 3/16 tubing to one tank. We are ready for it but it looks like the weather is going to hold us up till late next week.

[oldcabin]

I was able to tap 25 trees today. A few were running pretty good, the rest were not. Last season I tapped on 01/01 when I saw others here were posting they were tapping. Nothing was running for me until several days later.

This year I am about 6 days early compared to 2020 season.

[RiverSap]

No trees tapped here. I plan on setting up my driveway operation next week. I have all of my trail building and maintenance finished. I purchased a pump, 350 feet of 1/2 tubing, portable gas generator, and a 65 gallon container. I plan on seeing if I can pump the sap up the 100' rise of the Missouri river bluffs. Tree tapping is a few weeks off for me.

[skinny78]

Wow, that is a lot of head pressure for a pump. I have a similar location that would be nice to be able to pump sap up a steep hill however I have not found an inexpensive pump for this purpose. What pump are you planning to use?

[oldcabin]

Collected 65 gallons today. Hope to finish it later in the week. Seems that most trees did not produce very much. A few have not done hardly any the last 2 weeks. Some great. Overall, I'm happy I put out some additional taps this year! Very wet day, very muddy trails. Hope everyone is doing well.

[Goggleeye]

Had pretty good sap flow last Saturday before this cold spell hit. Sap has been running around one and a half percent. Up to about 85 gallons so far. Nice to have a break to catch up on sleep. Looking forward to a sap tsunami coming out of this cold spell.

[Goggleeye]

Despite some good temperature swings, sap flow has been pretty dismal. Slow, weeping runs, hardly getting enough permeate to rinse the membranes. I really need a vacuum system, but until I have time to maintain it for leaks, that is on the backburner. Well, for that and other reasons, but we're not supposed to get political here. We finished up bottling gallon number 30 or so this evening. First 15 gallons bottled was very light, but it went dark in a hurry. Have another 10 on the evaporator. Hopefully February brings some better sap runs.