Report From The Sugar Maple Grove

[JoyceFarrell]

http://wkbn.com/2017/02/24/up-and-down-flow-of-sap-and-temperature-changing-winter-batch/

[Irishbobcat]

Well, this looks like the end of production this year.....

[jay]

From a maple syrup article on a weather website

The ideal temperatures for sap production are in the 20s at night and 30s and 40s during the day. When the climate is in the 50s and 60s during the day and the nights stay warm, sap runs not to the taps, but to the tops of the trees, causing the tree to bloom. That can lead to a cloudy and off-tasting product.

[JoyceFarrell]

Thank you Jay.

[jay]

Now that the maple trees have quit producing sap, the production of maple syrup will be limited by the amount of sap collected over the last week.

Boiling 40 gallons of sugar maple sap only yields one gallon of maple syrup.

[JoyceFarrell]

Does that mean that they will not have any syrup this year?

[jay]

Bad News - the excessively hot weather has caused the sugar maple trees to stop producing sap.

[jay]

Report From The Sugar Maple Grove - Saturday, February 18

With warm temperatures today, the maple sap continued to flow.   Well over 100 gallons of maple sap were collected this afternoon.

[JoyceFarrell]

Wonderful work, wonderful news ... I wish that I could get a jar.

[jay]

Report From The Sugar Maple Grove - Wednesday, February 15

With the rather warm temperatures overnight, the maple sap continued to flow.   Volunteers came out at noon to collect the sap and start the production equipment.

[Irishbobcat]

Save me a bottle!

[jay]

Report From The Sugar Maple Grove - Monday, February 13

Today our Rocky Ridge Neighborhood volunteers collected over 80 gallons of sugar maple sap.  The volunteers also converted about 200 gallons into maple syrup.

Thank you volunteers.