
Originally Posted by
Tuckeradams2012
Season seems to be kicking into gear in all locations for me. Trying out the RO tomorrow to see how well it performs. Haven't had a large enough run to make it worth using it. The sap temps this week have been good in most areas where I tap, little bit too much of a warm up but I noticed that the temp always seems to drop a little lower than what they would say and does not get as high as they say, so that should be working in our favor. I have sweetened my pans, and have drawn off 3 gallons so far. Hopefully over the next couple of weeks we see some good runs pop up like today and tomorrow. Keep the Knob Creek close on the fringe temperature days!
I agree with the comment on temperature. Weatherbug is calling for 3 days next week over 50,and what is most worrisome to me is nighttime temps above freezing all but one day. It is what it is, but that smells alot like last year which ended too soon. Thoughts?
I ended up with 55 gallons today, so 105 total in the snow. I'm boiling tomorrow, hopefully 70 gallons. Should be a nice day to make syrup!
Two 2x4 concrete block arches with three steam trays each
Tapping in Mount Vernon since 2016, 30 to 70 taps, 5/16" tube to 1.5 to 3.5 gallon buckets, some trees on collective gravity tubing to 5 gallon buckets.
Mostly sugar maples, a few reds on 200 year old homestead