Northern Ontario 2025

[aamyotte]

Hey fellow northerners. Anyone got their taps in? Wondering how the flow was over the past couple of very warm days. My buddies down in Powassan were all set up and has a small run on the first day of the warm up then nothing. I am tapping today. Wish me luck. 670 holes to drill but should be able to scurry across the snow without snowshoes due to the hard freeze last night.

I tapped March 9th. Yesterday I collected 3L of sap from 62 trees. Not much sap flow yet, hoping it picks up this week. Good luck on your tapping, at least the snow isn't as deep now after the weekend's rain.

[Maplesapper]

We collected yesterday- maybe pulled a quart of sap per tap.
Trees seem to be just waking up.
Kinda surprised given the really warm two we had

[Someclown]

I tapped west nippissing Thursday and the only trees producing full sap were the two in the full sun but nothing since. Should expect some sap this week.
Smart on you to wait until after the rain knocked that snow down and refroze

[4Walls]

Thank you all for the reply. I was worried I had missed the first run. I typically isolate and pull off the very first sap run and make a specific batch of early early season syrup. It is my daughters favourite. She loves the butter marshmallow flavour.

[Someclown]

I got about 150 litres from 68 taps since March 14th that I will boil tomorrow

[aamyotte]

I’m doing my first boil tomorrow as well sitting on 118L of sap.

[4Walls]

I got 600L of the early season stuff boiled off. Old school. Straight sap. Holy crap it takes a long time at 2% as opposed to 12%. My big 4x40 RO had a crack in the end cap. Just got the replacement part delivered today. Have 950L in the tank and the RO is humming along. No leaks and we are back to making syrup. I will let it concentrate overnight and boil it off tomorrow afternoon. I still have another 220 trees to tap. Should be nice and firm in the bush tomorrow morning. Easy walking. No need for the snowshoes.