Surviving a warm spell
I wasn't sure which forum this question should be located in.
We are going to have a warm spell here and any sap I collect would quickly spoil so I'm not going to bother collecting anything. In fact I doubt anything is going to be running for the next few days.
Could I take my bags off the trees and rinse them out and store them and then put them out later in the week when the temperatures are going to drop?
Or will this warm spell cause the trees to bud and the taps to close and it won't be worthwhile trying to hang the bags again.
In other words is my season done?
Southwestern Ontario
2015 - 8 buckets, 332L sap, 8.5L syrup - Barrel evaporator, 2 steam pans
2016 - 8 buckets, 432L sap
2017 - 10 bags, 470L sap, 9L syrup
2018 - 20 bags, 1050L sap, 17.6L syrup
2019 - 20 bags, 970L sap, 22.2L syrup
2020 - 17 bags, 813L sap, 17L syrup