Josh, yeah, curious to see what's going to happen. Just over 10,000 gal here and I think we'll get a couple .5 gpt squirts. Bruce
Josh, yeah, curious to see what's going to happen. Just over 10,000 gal here and I think we'll get a couple .5 gpt squirts. Bruce
Bruce Treat
825 Sugar Maple Taps
3/16 w/ DSD .225 Spiles
H2O RO
H2O 2.5 X 8
Bow, New Hampshire
With as cold as it is, it's going to take a bit to get the trees running again.
Not a theory at all. It is the basis of why maple producers should use the best spout/drop sanitation approaches possible. The more you can do to keep the taphole free of microbes the better (short of using paraformaldehyde or other "taphole sanitizers"). Use good spout/drop sanitation, use good vacuum, limit sap backflow events, and hope it doesn't get too hot during the season.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Tomorrow night's low temp is going to be 52F! Where's the transition to 20/40's? The extended forecast shows nighttime lows in the low 30's, so not terrible.
I use new CV2's every year, and the vac runs 24/7 once the season starts, and is kept as high as I can get it. I think I'm doing what I can, within reason. I'll need to talk to Mother Nature to tone down the 60/70 during maple season...
Just checked the camera, and sap is coming in real good. No freeze tonight, so I hope this keeps up.
Your trees haven’t budded out yet? I’m two towns over from you and we shut down on the 19th. Sap was flowing, but didn’t want to spoil the batch with buddy syrup.
Hillcrest Maples
2024- 200 on Guzzler, new home built 2 post, SL vac filter
2023-100 on Shurflo, new 2 Post 4x40 RO Bucket
2022- 150 on Shurflo, new 16x36 Sugar House and 18x48 Vision, Dual RB 25's RO's
2021- 150 on Shurflo, home made arch under 18x40 cdl pan, RB 20 RO
2020- 99 On Shurflo home made arch under 18x40 cdl pan
2019- 10 buckets, steam pan on grill
2018- 5 spiles into milk jugs, stove top, caught the maple bug hard.
No buds yet. Syrup still tasted good last weekend, and they certainly haven't budded since. Most of the reds I have are in a colder section of the woods, but they'll still bud before the sugars do.
Sap ran pretty well all night. Picked up 700+ gal this afternoon...probably going to calc. out to about 1gpt. Thought the trees were going to run harder, but it's better than 0.5gpt that I was getting. Today's sap looked much better than yesterday's.
your dam magic trees!!! good for you. I shut down last weekend didn't make the freeze up budded and flavor changed before it happened. oh well!!!
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
Its Here!!! 2024 season is here get busy!!!
Sap flow is way down...about 1/3gpt/day. Hauled 700 gal out yesterday, and will bring home whatever's in the woods today to boil tonight. This is likely it. SSC yesterday was still at 1.4%, which is good for us at the end of season. Sap is cloudy, but expected this time of year.
Yesterday, I found a vac. leak that I've been struggling to find all season. Since the tree cells are drying out, the vac. leak was audible and whistling pretty loudly. About 2" below the tap hole, there was an 1/8" dia. hole in the tree that was sucking air in. I gained almost 1" vac. pulling that one tap.