Excellent run here +6 by late afternoon. Started dripping at 11:30 and was full bore by 1.
Excellent run here +6 by late afternoon. Started dripping at 11:30 and was full bore by 1.
Sugaring since 1981
242 taps on 3/16-5/16 gravity tubing
2x6 Henway wood fired arch
Phaneuf/Evaporateurs PJ pans
Anybody else having problems with sand/nitre this year? Been a pain since day 1 this season. Don’t have a reversible pan or a 2nd syrup pan so need to shut down and clean about every 100 gal. Tried to go further the other day and baked it on pretty good. Lucky I didn’t scorch them! Had a thick sludge that looked like chocolate pudding in the pre filters that day. Wondering why so much worse this year? Because it’s been such a dry winter?
Off-grid sugar shack, no electricity or RO
2024-25 2x8 raised flu evaporator, 265 taps
2019-23 3/16 lines, 2x6 oil tank evaporator, 41-167 taps
2018 10 buckets, neighbour's homemade 2x3 arch
Only my second year doing this, but I also have a lot more nitre than last year and it blocked my filters on my vacuum filter for the first time. I could see having to drain and clean my pan sometime next week.Originally Posted by jungmaria
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
DYI Vacuum Filter
2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
I'm also having trouble with sugar sand this year, I'll have to filter my syrup a second time or let it settle, pour off then filter the remainder.
Also had the chocolate pudding nitre the other day,usually can filter 25 gallons through the filters,now it’s pushing it for 15
7th generation maple producer in sugarhouse built in 1892
2x World Champion Maple Syrup Producer
1250 taps on cv adapters
Leader Vortex 3x14 with Max Flue and Revolution Syrup Pan,Enhanced Steam Away
www.leggettmaplesyrup.com
Other than the short run in mid February we haven’t had sand issues here Jungmaria and we’re not that far away from you around Tamworth as the crow flies. Now that I’ve said that I’m sure the next boil it’ll show up.
The second syrup pan is a good way to go if you’re able. We have one and switch out after every boiling day. We don’t use an RO and don’t have permeate water to clean the pan. We reuse the same batch of water and Parlor Brite dairy cleaner to soak in the pan for the day. Scale rinses right out after that.
Sugaring since 1981
242 taps on 3/16-5/16 gravity tubing
2x6 Henway wood fired arch
Phaneuf/Evaporateurs PJ pans
Interesting I've done three batches and mine also very sugary this year I don't mind though just extra filtering work syrup is tasty
Hmmm I don't seem to have the nitre problem everyone else is having. At least not yet, season's still young. Have about 12l of nearup, plan to finish batch #1 tonight.
ETA limestone....is Parlor Brite inert? Like it def is ok to use to clean sugaring pans? Bruce?
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup
My first batch was OK. 2nd one I finished last night was terrible....
Batch boiling 100+ taps on my homemade AUF arch
Family of 7 that puts syrup on everything
Oh no. What was wrong with 2nd batch?
Been tapping since 2008.
2018 - 17 taps/7 trees...819l sap, approx 28l syrup
2019 - 18 taps/8 trees...585l sap, 28l syrup...21:1 ratio
2020 - 18 taps/8 trees...890.04l sap...gave away about 170l, 30l snafu'd....23l total for me from approx 690l
2021 - 18 taps/8 trees...395l sap, 12 l syrup
2022 - 18 taps/8 trees....7 sugars 1 red due to #2 having surgery so had the season off....582l sap, 18.5l syrup
2023 - 18 taps/8 trees...all sugars again. 807l sap, so far approx 14l syrup
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