Tapped in Pepperell - 2021

[Buffalo Plaid]

Got around 70 reds tapped today and hope to be done tapping tomorrow. Nothing flowing yet, I think it will be about mid-week before things that out and really get going.

[berkshires]

Nice! Good luck! I'm tapping on Monday.

[ShaunG]

Got around 70 reds tapped today and hope to be done tapping tomorrow. Nothing flowing yet, I think it will be about mid-week before things that out and really get going.

How many gallons did you end up with when you had 55 taps. I also have about 50 taps on Reds. I seem to need about 60 gallon of sap to 1 gallon syrup. Just wondering if you get about the same?

[Buffalo Plaid]

How many gallons did you end up with when you had 55 taps. I also have about 50 taps on Reds. I seem to need about 60 gallon of sap to 1 gallon syrup. Just wondering if you get about the same?

All total ended up with 94 gallons of sap which ended up making a little over a gallon of syrup.
I picked up a sap hydrometer for this year and the reds are right around 1% sugar content so it's going to take a bunch of sap again hence my constant increase in the count.

[Buffalo Plaid]

Temps hit 50 yesterday and things started to flow. Picked up 2 gallons of 1% sap. No freeze last night so everything should be thawed out now and probably ran through the night. We'll see.

[Buffalo Plaid]

Everything broke free and ran yesterday. I collected a little over 15 gallons. I got sap from trees that have never produced a drop! Two taps were still dry,but I won't give up hope for them yet.

[Buffalo Plaid]

Picked up another 16 gallons of sap last night. 1.5% so it is improving. Boiled 20 gals on Sunday, but didn't finish to syrup. I'll be chasing buckets later today after the wind dies down.

[Buffalo Plaid]

High winds over the weekend kept me from boiling, and I was a little worried about warm weather ruining the sap. But this frigid blast is saving the day and helping me reduce the amount I need to boil, from 45 gallons down to 17.

[Buffalo Plaid]

I started pulling taps this morning. Ended up dumping about 40 gallons on the ground due to lack of storage and the wood pile is running low so I may end up dumping more. Collected 175 gallons this year and will end up with about 3 gallons of syrup.