Brian I used to keep an eye on which trees ran the best. I had 3 trees that were very poor producers 3 years in a row. I had no plans on tapping them as I have more trees than buckets but dad tapped them when I was at work this year. Guess what they were the strongest running trees this year. So no more claiming this one runs better than that one anymore for me. Everything changes from year to year. All I can say is tap them all if you can.
175 taps with little sap is better than 100 If you can't keep up next year if it is a good one sell the sap or pull some of them. Then again (maybe I need sleep) tap 100 if you can keep up tap the rest. I hope next year is better. I tapped 100 more this year in hopes of getting more sap. Well I got less so next year maybe 200 more. I would like to see 500.
2X6 deluxe Phanuef
Adding 200 more every year
27 years left of building a Hobby into a retirement time burner.