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    Has anyone actually planted these so called rpm trees or done comparsions with other trees transpanted with a tree spade. Do they actually grow that fast.

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    i planted one, plan to plant more this comming fall, they claim in 10 years they will be ready to tap, mines a rpm super sweet tree,
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    Casey, is that your real age on your signature? You look older on you tube!
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    The Rpm trees are supposed to have an accelerated growth rate
    I called to get some information on these and they told me tapable size in 18-20 years as opposed to 30-40 years for bare root
    I was interested in the Super Sweet trees but I need to do some more research into them
    RPM claims all the seed stock was from parent trees with at least 6% sap
    However I have heard thet the Sweet trait isn't always passed down.
    I know some one that has a few Super Sweets that are about 7 years old and we plan to test them this spring.
    Jeff

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    Quote Originally Posted by nymapleguy607 View Post
    RPM claims all the seed stock was from parent trees with at least 6% sap. However I have heard thet the Sweet trait isn't always passed down.
    The sap sugar concentration of "mother" tree are obviously known, and I assume were selected from known sweet trees. The fraternal parentage isn't known unless there was controlled pollination (highly unlikely), meaning the father tree is probably not particularly sweet (the average Joe equivalent of trees). Therefore, the sap sugar concentration of the progeny (seed-sapling-tree), on average, would be just a little higher than average. You might get lucky and get a real sweet tree....but then again, you might not.
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    yes im 16 right now , turning 17 in feb
    Nate, 17 years old

    300 buckets on a leader 2x4 flat pan in 07'
    1200 taps on gravity for 08'
    1900 taps in 09' 1650 on vac
    1700 taps on vac 50 buckets 10'
    Shooting for 2500 on vac in 11'
    3x10 Grimm Evaporator for 11'
    Stihl Ms390
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    Stihl Ms170
    Stihl 009

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    my plan is to plant 50 of these and 50 regular sweet trees, but we will see after sugaring season, im starting a little maple plantation .
    Nate, 17 years old

    300 buckets on a leader 2x4 flat pan in 07'
    1200 taps on gravity for 08'
    1900 taps in 09' 1650 on vac
    1700 taps on vac 50 buckets 10'
    Shooting for 2500 on vac in 11'
    3x10 Grimm Evaporator for 11'
    Stihl Ms390
    Stihl FarmBoss 028
    Stihl Ms170
    Stihl 009

    Website-www.caseyssugarhouse.com AND
    http://maplebs.caseyssugarhouse.com

    Photobucket-http://s374.photobucket.com/albums/o...ssugarshack93/
    Youtube-http://www.youtube.com/user/Caseyssugarshack

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    Where can I find these trees?
    27 x 66 homemade arch
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    Quote Originally Posted by wcproctor View Post
    Where can I find these trees?
    Mostly in your wallet. They're fairly costly as you might expect.
    Dr. Tim Perkins
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    like 22.50 a peice or around there,
    Nate, 17 years old

    300 buckets on a leader 2x4 flat pan in 07'
    1200 taps on gravity for 08'
    1900 taps in 09' 1650 on vac
    1700 taps on vac 50 buckets 10'
    Shooting for 2500 on vac in 11'
    3x10 Grimm Evaporator for 11'
    Stihl Ms390
    Stihl FarmBoss 028
    Stihl Ms170
    Stihl 009

    Website-www.caseyssugarhouse.com AND
    http://maplebs.caseyssugarhouse.com

    Photobucket-http://s374.photobucket.com/albums/o...ssugarshack93/
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