drop line position

[sandgate_sap]

I am using tubing for the first time and am wondering about the drop line in a gravity fed system. If it is 30"-36" long and there is slack that hangs below the lateral line will the sap run up that slack because once it's full it'll just keep pushing it up and out? Thanks, Rob

[Tweegs]

I am using tubing for the first time and am wondering about the drop line in a gravity fed system. If it is 30"-36" long and there is slack that hangs below the lateral line will the sap run up that slack because once it's full it'll just keep pushing it up and out? Thanks, Rob

Sure, water will always find level.

Personally, I go to great lengths to avoid that though. Thought being, you never know how long that sap will sit in the tube.

Could be you go a few days without a run because the temps never drop below freezing.

Maybe that low spot is on the North side of the tree and that low point doesn’t thaw before the sap starts running…any number of things.

I like to see the sap get in the lateral as quick as it can, but that is my own personal preference.