You guys still getting sap flow

[treeguy]

Well it seems my trees should be thawed but i am not getting a run. A few drips but not much sap. Is it over

I wonder if the pressure just is not right or what. I am thinking of pulling the taps and being done which is OK as i need to get on to other things anyway.

[WESTMAPLES]

im in mass and where dealing with the same conditions, wait it out it will come. this year is allover the place

[Sugar]

Well it seems my trees should be thawed but i am not getting a run. A few drips but not much sap. Is it over

I wonder if the pressure just is not right or what. I am thinking of pulling the taps and being done which is OK as i need to get on to other things anyway.

We collected 140 gallons yesterday. I am waiting until after the next days freeze, then pulling taps. I think sometimes taps, close due to infection..If you have enough trees, you could move some taps and see what you get.

[Sugar]

We collected 140 gallons yesterday. I am waiting until after the next days freeze, then pulling taps. I think sometimes taps, close due to infection..If you have enough trees, you could move some taps and see what you get.

We checked our trees this afternoon. Some were still dripping. We could have collected about 30 gallons, but the sap was cloudy/yellow. I think it was simply too hot. The sap still dripping from the trees appeared clear, but what was collecting in the bags, was warm. We finished our 140 gallons, collected yesterday, and the syrup is lovely. We will see what happens after tomorrow's 20 degree low. We did dump every dribble out of our bags, so that if we get another run, we won't have any sour or bad sap to contaminate the fresh.

[kiteflyingeek]

Same thing here in SW Indiana -- just west of Owensboro, KY. It hit 70*F here so I know all the buckets are turning yellow. I'm planning to get what I can from my 65 taps after Wednesday's 20*F low and then pull taps and shut it down. Almost no freeze for a week after this 20*F low according to the forecast so that's why I'm planning to shut it down.

--andrew

[treeguy]

Ok thanks..

I was thinking they might of closed but lots of them had a slow drip..so i think its just the pressure.

Tomorrow nights cold snap should tell the tale.

[treeguy]

We collected 140 gallons yesterday. I am waiting until after the next days freeze, then pulling taps. I think sometimes taps, close due to infection..If you have enough trees, you could move some taps and see what you get.

How many taps you running?

140 gallons seems like a great run unless you have lots of taps i guess.

When we did get a run its was nothing for a sap sack to overflow in one night maybe 2.5 gallons or so on my best taps..

[nace]

My 239 taps had slowed down. I did find a leak courtesy of a tree rat and after fixing that the releaser would dump around 6 gallons an hour. No buds opening yet so I will try to hold out through the freeze on the 19th. Boiled down the 250 gallons in the tank and finished another three gallons.

[Sugar]

How many taps you running?

140 gallons seems like a great run unless you have lots of taps i guess.

When we did get a run its was nothing for a sap sack to overflow in one night maybe 2.5 gallons or so on my best taps..

This was a great run, and almost all the bags had 4 gallons...So either they quit or they were going full-speed. I am guessing, since many of our 70 taps had quit....I think we collected about 35-40. I am anxious to see what tale the trees have tomorrow.

[Sugar]

My 239 taps had slowed down. I did find a leak courtesy of a tree rat and after fixing that the releaser would dump around 6 gallons an hour. No buds opening yet so I will try to hold out through the freeze on the 19th. Boiled down the 250 gallons in the tank and finished another three gallons.

We have been hoping your trees were giving and wanted to stop by and see how things are going! Maybe those trees will dump tomorrow. Good Luck!