Anyone else out there get some crazy yellow sap from today and yesterday? The wind has been crazy, not sure if thats why?
Anyone else out there get some crazy yellow sap from today and yesterday? The wind has been crazy, not sure if thats why?
90+ Buckets
Mason 2x4 Raised Flue (the micro-beast)
Polaris Atv w/tracks and trailer with gathering tank
Polaris Snowmachine for years with snow
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No, I hope the sap couldn't have been sabotaged.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
I wonder if all the wind we had might have opened up a crack exposing the sap to some dead wood.
2018 - 5 reds on buckets with cinder block arch
2019 - 25 reds on drops to buckets
2020 - 55 reds on drops to buckets
2021 - 80 reds on drops to buckets
2022 - 80 reds on drops to buckets
2023 - 80 reds, 15 on gravity, Smoky Lake StarCat Evaporator
Its all back to clear. Was just one run, maybe 70% of buckets had some yellowing, one was like mustard! We didn't have any precipitation and it wasn't warm. I've had a few over the years that run yellow for a day or too but never this many at once. Heck , once I even had purple sap from one tap!
90+ Buckets
Mason 2x4 Raised Flue (the micro-beast)
Polaris Atv w/tracks and trailer with gathering tank
Polaris Snowmachine for years with snow
wood, wood, wood
dogs, ducks, cat, kids, wife
That's pretty normal to see from season to season. When it occurs, always at the end of run, a tap or two will have yellow sap. Once they get going again the sap clears up. I've never seen purple though and I have never had many taps do that at once either.
RC Maple
14X14 sugarhouse - new for 2012
RO Bucket - RB10 - New for 2019
2x3 barrel evaporator with continuous flow pan
55 taps - most on buckets
This is next year!
Yep, ive had the occasional end of run, or rain induced yellow but never in such a high percentage of buckets. It tasted and smelled fine when I processed it so no idea. Coincidently I had one bucket yesterday that ran purple.20210316_172206.jpg
90+ Buckets
Mason 2x4 Raised Flue (the micro-beast)
Polaris Atv w/tracks and trailer with gathering tank
Polaris Snowmachine for years with snow
wood, wood, wood
dogs, ducks, cat, kids, wife
Had a few occasional buckets with yellowish sap. Usually back to clear the next day. Never figured out the cause! I did have 5 buckets once that were bright green that had me totally confused until I found a green piece of candy on side of the last bucket! Guess some kid wanted to see what would happen! Dont know what type of candy it was but it dissolved fast in cold sap! Luckily I'd already decided to throw out those buckets or I'd likely have had green tinged syrup!
2023 - 130 taps, 90L from 4,000L as of mid March
2021 - 84 taps, 50L from 2100L
2020 - 100 taps on buckets, 21L syrup from 2700L so far (FEB 26-Mar 13) and then the pandemic hit! End of our season!
2019 - 62 taps on buckets, 95L syrop from 3215L sap
2018 - 62 taps, collecting by hand, 90L syrop from 3200L sap
2017 - Lapierre Waterloo Small mini pro with 40 taps
2014 - 2016 40 taps making one or two batches on a 2x6 flat pan over an open arch as it would have been done in 1900
Heres another purple bucket. One side of the sugar maple, the other side perfectly clear. Different tree than last . Both full buckets! 20210318_133849.jpg
90+ Buckets
Mason 2x4 Raised Flue (the micro-beast)
Polaris Atv w/tracks and trailer with gathering tank
Polaris Snowmachine for years with snow
wood, wood, wood
dogs, ducks, cat, kids, wife
I have never had purple sap! I'm thinking easter egg dying??
Seriously, I have had red-tinged sap, and I believe it is just bacteria. It usually happens when there is only a small amount of sap in the bucket. I'm going to guess your purple sap is also bacteria. Having said that, I keep it unless it is really redish.
2017 - 20ish taps on buckets, boiling outside in two baking pans
2018 - 70+ taps, 14-buckets, 50+ on tubing, homemade arch from oil tank in my barn, 17 gal syrup
2019 - same set up, 20 gal syrup
2020 - less taps, short season, but RO kit was fantastic! 6 gal syrup and a maple cat!
2021/22/23 - expanded into the neighbors yards! 50 taps on buckets and 40 taps on tubing
Thats just one days run, and now its back to clear. It was only out for the day so I doubt bacteria had enough time to develop in the bucket.
90+ Buckets
Mason 2x4 Raised Flue (the micro-beast)
Polaris Atv w/tracks and trailer with gathering tank
Polaris Snowmachine for years with snow
wood, wood, wood
dogs, ducks, cat, kids, wife