Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: AKAjust]
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02/23/21 12:42 PM
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Jerry Jr.
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I am tapping Thursday. I should have already started but I procrastinate. Getting everything cleaned up and ready now.
How many trees are you tapping? I plan on tapping about 45.
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: scrapper]
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02/23/21 05:31 PM
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trapperjdb
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I started yesterday and had just a little bit of sap today. Wasn’t even worth emptying the bucket. With the weather we are having, they will be flowing soon,
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: scrapper]
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02/23/21 11:41 PM
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I just tapped today. 10 trees. It's just barely running now. 40 and cloudy here. Question, I have one big maple that I tapped last year that really produced, the sap is brown this year. The sap wood was white where I drilled the holes. What causes this? I did dump it out so hopefully it clears up. Also, is it alright to tap a tree that has old fence wire in it? Mike Mike, did it happen to rain there and maybe that was run off from the tree? I have had that happen before. I tapped about 40 trees today. More tomorrow. Just going to make a small amount this year, enough for family and friends. Not even going to fire up the RO.
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: AKAjust]
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02/24/21 10:44 AM
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Alex the dog
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Volunteering this year to help a local group with syrup. March 6th is tap day and see how it goes. Has been 20 years since I tapped a tree, did it with my Grand Pa and Dad back then. Good memories.
Dave
Forever in debt to my Father who introduced me to trapping. May I be half the man he was.
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: LCoutdoorsman333]
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02/24/21 11:16 AM
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aka just walnut makes good syrup. Never had walnut syrup, but I have a lot of walnut trees I could tap. How many gallons of sap does it take to make a gallon of syrup?
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: trapperjdb]
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02/24/21 11:27 AM
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Jerry Jr.
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aka just walnut makes good syrup. Never had walnut syrup, but I have a lot of walnut trees I could tap. How many gallons of sap does it take to make a gallon of syrup? It should be about the same as maple ( 40-50 gallons). Birch and sycamore will be closer to 100 gallons.
Time is more precious than gold if you know how to spend it .... but what do I know, I'm just a dumb farmer.~My Dad NRA LIFE MEMBER, Endowment Member
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: trapperjdb]
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02/24/21 11:35 AM
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AKAjust
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aka just walnut makes good syrup. Never had walnut syrup, but I have a lot of walnut trees I could tap. How many gallons of sap does it take to make a gallon of syrup? Dunno. Tried it first time last year. Made a baby food jar (that's 4 oz) from 1 tree. Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 gallon. Its sweet and doesn't taste like walnuts. just
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
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02/24/21 11:51 AM
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Thank you for the replies.
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Re: Hey syrup tappers
[Re: AKAjust]
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02/28/21 09:14 PM
02/28/21 09:14 PM
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LCoutdoorsman333
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walnut is close to maple in amount needed more like tapping red maple then sugar so little more needed.they don't run as much sometimes. but the taste is very similar and you prob can't tell the difference much. just do it the same way you would maple and you should be fine. birch is where it doesn't work exactly the same.
USMC
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