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Post by youp50 on Mar 16, 2009 13:55:08 GMT -5
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Post by whyohe on Mar 16, 2009 15:01:29 GMT -5
heheh that funny i was at one of our local county parks and they have all their trees tapped. they have a maple syrup festival in april i think and you get to sample the home made seup from the trees with pancakes.
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Post by chuck41 on Mar 16, 2009 23:04:52 GMT -5
Not too good around here. Pine syrup is really foul.
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Post by ozark on Mar 19, 2009 14:16:18 GMT -5
What damage is done, if any, after tapping and hanging the container it rains or snows and dilutes teh juuce collected? Doee the two liquids mix?
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Post by youp50 on Mar 19, 2009 18:32:04 GMT -5
Ben, I took the photo before the bucket covers were installed. Just above the opening in the 'spile', the spouts true name is a thicker piece of aluminum that has a hole through it. The lids are galvanized sheet metal with a hole rolled in the edge that accepts a wire. The wire slides through the holes and tips up to remove the bucket. We have gone as high as 43 gallons to as low as 37 gallons of sap per gallon of syrup. Diluting the sap means more wood and boiling. The more you boil the darker the syrup. Darker syrup is lower grade. The sugar content of the sap is dependent on the prior growing season. It was dry here last year, it still looks like less than 40 gallons per gallon. Kind of early to tell, only made about 2 gallons so far. Weather is not cooperating, it is too warm at nights. Today was cold, the sap will run when it warms tomorrow. If the weather man is correct it will stay above freezing tomorrow night. Sap will run tomorrow and tomorrow night, then taper off on Saturday. Looks like cooler weather again towards the end of the week. If the trees start to bud it is the end of the season. The sap gets 'buddy', the buds start to turn the sugars into starches. My middle son with a lid and a lid on a bucket he has installed.  |
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