North or South
If you only have a month to collect and boil, would you tap the south side of a hill or north. I feel the south ( early run is more sporadic with freeze/thaw conditions although the early run sugar is higher. Northern hill would be later but more consistent.
Your thoughts? Not for me but asking for a friend.
I'm sure Dr Tim has probably studied this.
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
Give me a reliable and precise weather forecast for the next 3 months and I'll let you know....
Barring that....pull out the Magic 8 ball.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins
Give me a reliable and precise weather forecast for the next 3 months and I'll let you know....
Barring that....pull out the Magic 8 ball.
The person I'm talking about has a month furlough. He can take beginning or end of the season. I told him take the middle. Lol
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
I went through our log last year and we’ve had our first boil February 10th one year and March 20th another year. Have finished in mid-March after three 70-80 degree days and have finished third week of April in another year. Mostly in between. Good luck to your buddy. I suggest he call his boss when the sap starts flowing and ask for a month off
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