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Re: A tapping I will go...
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I have one sugar maple tree in my yard. It's about 18" across. Could I get enough from it to make some syrup?
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Re: A tapping I will go...
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If it has a full crown the sugar content should be high. Depends on the year bit probably 1-3 qts. Tree's about 20 years old at least.
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Re: A tapping I will go...
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I have one sugar maple tree in my yard. It's about 18" across. Could I get enough from it to make some syrup? Absolutely. I used to tap a single Sugar Maple in our yard as a kid. It had a very high sugar content and I would only have to reduce a couple canning kettles of sap to get a years supply of syrup.
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Re: A tapping I will go...
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03/15/22 10:29 PM
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If you have an average sized maple for tapping one tree with 1-2 taps probably will give you 10-15 gallons of sap. With an average sugar percentage of say 2.5 you would 3 pints or a quart and a half but it varies a lot from tree to tree and season to season.
Bryce Yip. But, remember that 10-15 gallons is for a full season, I suspect you may have lost a bit of that if you haven't tapped yet. Typically, the tree should to be a bit bigger (22-24 inch} for that second tap. So assume 10 gallons per single tap, and maybe 80% of season. That's 8 gallons= 32 quarts = 64 pints of sap. At a 40:1 sap to syrup ratio 1.6 pints of syrup. I'd do it in a stock pot over a couple concrete blocks.
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