Nope..same sugar content as med..or dark..just less boiling to get it there ! If it's watery...your getting "near syrup" ..instead of perfect...
More than that....it doesn't stop our evaporator from boiling. Throw a chunk of frozen glob in..stops the boil..separates gradients ...takes...
Here's a chart of sugar content..and what a reverse osmosis does. Kind of an eye opener on how many gallons are needed to make Syrup! Same...
Usually the first boils of our season are light...cuz the sugar content of the sap coming out of the trees is at its highest point..and the temps...
The weather and trees helped us with our record year ! Some of it is our efficiency went up. In years past..if we had a gap between boils..like a...
Sounds refreshing !
45.75 gallons of syrup. All grades. Light..med..dark. first year that we got light..in 4 years. Great season. Our best ever ! We changed...
But then this year..we literally had no snow during our season ! But we have done the same with our 275 gal. totes. We mounded snow up on em one...
Getting bigger where we are at is fun. But it also means you have to be more on the ball..and efficient. Waiting becomes bad. So there's the...
No no..I never said you could not. I'm sorry if I came across that way in my rambling. What I meant was that u can..but how many days ? Who...
Done with the sap sack holders finally ! Alot of work. Nice knowing they are clean..dry..ready for another season ! [ATTACH] Been converting...
The last thing you want to do is boil for 15 hours..just to find out your syrup tastes like garbage ! Like when we screwed up...we knew within an...
Sounds like you have a good plan !! You can store sap a couple days if it's gonna be cold for sure. Keep it out of sunlight..and u can get a...
Think it's about 10"to 12" up to 20" for a single tap. Over 20" can have 2 taps. Give or take a few inches . The only one I really worry about...
Then some guys do this. I'd try it in a heartbeat ! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oh heck yeah! It works ! I've seen guys use food grade 5 gallon buckets...then use seasonal plastic tubing spouts ..and tubing .and run the tube...
Awesome ! Can't wait to see your progress ! I will warn you though. It's very addicting!!!! How many taps do you think you have in that Grove?...
Truth !
Oh yeah !! I like the way you think !
So..its finally acting like Maple syrup season up here...after our season is already done lol ! [ATTACH] Great weather to clean up everything...
