OK, now we're getting somewhere! I'm now at 8.6 gallons sap per tap for the season to date. Two southerly taps have stopped flowing completely; haven't seen a drop since the deep freeze. The other 26 running well. The norways running better than all season, though still behind the sugars. If this is the end, at least I can call it a "below average" season and not a "really bad" season. And it may well not be over.
Thanks for the contributions to this thread everyone! Dr Tim, thanks for weighing in, I just learned more good stuff, especially the temperature effect. So it totally makes sense that Monday was a little light even though it got quite warm and sunny.
Last edited by Andy VT; 03-26-2024 at 08:35 PM.
2024: 28 taps, 7 gallons. RB5 purchased but not opened :-(
2023: 30 taps, 17 trees, 11 properties, Sugar Maple & Norway. 2x3 flat over propane & kitchen finish. ~11(!) gallons.
2022: 9 taps, 5 trees, 4 properties. 3 hotel pans on 3 Coleman 2-burner stoves burning gasoline; kitchen finish. ~3 gallons.
2021: 2 taps, 1 sugar maple. Propane grill then kitchen finish. ~Pint.
All years: mainly 5/16" drops into free supermarket frosting buckets. Some plastic sap buckets hanging on 5/16 sap-meister.
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