Re: Sap is flowing boys
[Re: Hutchy]
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03/30/21 12:32 PM
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Good deal. I think the majority of folks are done over here, especially south of me. The trees are pushing buds asap.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
[Re: Hutchy]
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03/30/21 01:32 PM
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Nice. Our weather turned too warm last week. We collected for three weeks and made about 12 gallons. Should have been 14 but we had some issues (first time using an evaporator and I knocked over a couple ro buckets). We should have started about two weeks earlier but I am a procrastinator.
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: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 01:33 PM
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Nice. Our weather turned too warm last week. We collected for three weeks and made about 12 gallons. Should have been 14 but we had some issues (first time using an evaporator and I knocked over a couple ro buckets). We should have started about two weeks earlier but I am a procrastinator. Thats how it goes eh. 12 gallons is not too bad!
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
[Re: Hutchy]
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03/30/21 01:34 PM
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I don’t know much about making syrup, but that looks like a good flow!
Cold as ice!
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 02:07 PM
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We quit last week and finished 48 gallons of syrup.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 02:08 PM
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We quit last week and finished 48 gallons of syrup. Do you finish and bottle it all? Do you reuse any bottles, or get all new? My buddy who I help every so often has been keeping barrels to either sell in bulk or bottle and finish as necessary.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 02:09 PM
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I quit collecting down in southern NY a little more then a week ago . Warm spell and unstable weather predicted . I'm in the process of bottling it right now . I invested in a small RO system this year and can't believe how much time it saves . I make this stuff for personal use and have 7 gallons of finished syrup . People at work have been asking for some but even though Its way more than I could use in a year I'm telling them NO ! Not until I sit surrounded by all the finished bottles for a little while and stare at them like they're piles of money or fur !! LOL . I'll wind up saving about a gallon then giving the rest away to family and friends LOL RO saves a ton of time I hear.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 02:17 PM
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Can't blame you VH60, making that much even with RO is a ton of work!!
That is great flow there Hutch...My red maples are starting to flower now and my bees are all over them...First large bloom of the season...
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 02:18 PM
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We quit last week and finished 48 gallons of syrup. Wow, that is some real work there!!
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 04:36 PM
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 04:48 PM
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We tried a RO this year but we didn't have a big enough pump so It didn't work. We quit last week and finished 48 gallons of syrup. Do you finish and bottle it all? Do you reuse any bottles, or get all new? My buddy who I help every so often has been keeping barrels to either sell in bulk or bottle and finish as necessary. We use new every year. The place we usually buy our plastic 1 quart jugs wasn't making any this year due to the covid deal. So we just used glass.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 07:33 PM
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We quit today! Sap total for the year was right at 8,000 gallons. Only made 15 gallons of syrup sold the rest to neighbor they just reached 2000 gallons of syrup for the season.
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Re: Sap is flowing boys
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03/30/21 09:45 PM
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Here are some of the numbers that I noted this year for what we did.
It took us three and a half hours to make 10 gallons of ro at 7.4%. I can get it well over 10% but it takes a bit longer. Our sap comes in at 1.8%- 2.1%.
With the evaporator we would go through 6-7 gallons of ro an hour.
We used about 1/7 cord (our gator load) of wood and less than one 20 pound tank of propane to finish.
I don't want to get into what I have into all of this just to give maple syrup to family and friends. But it does give me something to do at this time of year.
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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