Today’s forecasted high was +4, but I think it reached +7. This morning I collected the most sap of the season and I am pretty sure that when I collect tomorrow morning it will beat this mornings count.
Tonight will be -7 and tomorrow +5, it should be another great flow day.
I made 10.75 L of syrup today.
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.
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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 made 10.75 L of syrup last night. I collected 68 gallons of sap this morning, my season’s best to date.
Last night went down to -6 and although today was forecasted to reach +4, it is now forecasted to reach +8. The sap is flowing well again. I likely will have another boil tomorrow.
There might be a one day pause in flow on Thursday, (and a slow flow on Wednesday) but the rest of the two week forecast looks like good flow days.
I have collected 58.5% of the sap compared to last year so far and I have made more syrup so far than last year.
And the line I tapped on December 27 is still flowing well.
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.
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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.
Maximum Flow Date/Dates (could be a day or two or three of consecutive dates ) are very handy dates to keep track of for use in the future! And very FUN dates to have lively taps in the trees on.Originally Posted by Swingpure
I have noticed over the years that they are rarely outside of a week of the average max flow date through the years.
Even in this craziest of years it was still almost spot on it for me.
If you think it's easy to make good money in maple syrup .... then your obviously good at stealing somebody's Maple Syrup.
Favorite Tree: Sugar Maple
Most Hated Animal: Sap Sucker
Most Loved Animal: Devon Rex Cat
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40 Sugar Maple Taps ... 23 in CT and 17 in NY .... 29 on gravity tubing and 11 on 5G buckets ... 2019 Totals 508 gallons of sap, 7 boils, 11.4 gallons of syrup.
1 Girlfriend that gives away all my syrup to her friends.
Thanks I will keep track of that. These right now are matching my last year’s best flow dates. I may yet pay the price for tapping early and the taps starting to close, but I am ahead of last year’s sap and syrup.
Next year I will wait for March to start, but for this year, there has been a number of positives starting early, least of which was an early start to the divided pan learning curve.
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 had a peak at my barrels and my collection tomorrow morning will be greater than this mornings which was greater than the day before.
-6 tonight and +5 tomorrow, so that should be another good flow day, then it slows down for two days.
Note to self from today, when you are pulling off the pan late at dusk, have your glasses with you so you can see the needle move down. I cut the draw off a little short as it was hard to see the needle.
Edit, the sap, was still running slowly at 10:50 pm.
My pan was also still steaming almost 4 hours after I stopped adding wood. Every drop of sap in my feed tank will be needed.
Last edited by Swingpure; 03-27-2023 at 09:52 PM.
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.
Sap just starting to flow here. Pumped 900 Litres out of the bush yesterday and ran it through the RO last night. Down to 200 this morning so time to fire up the beast and make some syrup. -10c on the thermometer this morning. Its a good morning to be in the steamy maple spa.
For reference, I can sometimes get 2500 Litres of sap on a very good day.
It started flowing for me too, collected a decent amount yesterday. The bush trees are just starting to wake up. Tonight should be a better collection.
2021 - Year one. 15 taps using 5/16" and drop tube into buckets. Homemade barrel evaporator with 2 steam trays.
2022. 32 taps. Added AUF.
2023. 51 taps. Ditched the steam pans for an 18x22 flat pan.
2024. 56 taps. Built a proper evaporator to fit the 18x22 flat pan and 1 steam pan.
2025. 62 taps.
I had my best collection day this season and just beating my last year’s best. I collected 86 gallons / 325 L. -8° last night and a forecasted +5 today, so it should be another good flow day.
I have collected 69% of the total sap from last season.
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 all taped in as of March 19. Winter is still giving us some bursts of snow now and then but the days in between have been good. Made a couple good collections this week. First boil this week end.
2016 - 90 taps and a brick lined oil tank arch (60L of syrup)
2017 - 100 taps (60L)
2018 - 60 taps (12L of syrup)
2019 - 75 taps (22L of syrup)
2020 - 75 taps (25L of syrup)
Good luck with your first boil.
It warmed up here above freezing for about two hours, then a cold front moved in with colder temperatures, some snow and lots of wind. Our power is out. Our next flow day will be Friday and Saturday should be my next boil day, depending on the rain and wind.
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.
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