Posted by Determined on March 06, 2021 at 06:20:17 from (216.130.212.201):
In Reply to: Maple syrup posted by ssgshelton on March 05, 2021 at 16:00:44:
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I am by no means an expert but what I do does work so consider this to be my version of Maple syrup for dummies.
I am sure many of the seasoned pro's on here will cringe at some of my methods and add in some more knowledge.
The when part;
When the temperature is below freezing at night and above during the day, this is what causes the sap to move through the tree.
Once they start budding the season is done.
The how part;
I use a cordless drill to make the hole then lightly hammer in a plastic tap, they are readily available online for less than a dollar.
A piece of plastic hose then goes from the tap to a 2gal bucket with a hole drilled in the lid.
On the smaller trees I have when flow is good I can get a gallon+ per day per tree.
The sap will spoil if left too long in warm weather so I collect it daily and get it into my cooker which is a homemade wood fueled contraption that holds about 40 gallons in a stainless pan.
You need around 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.
If I get off to a late start cooking down the sap I just let the fire burn out overnight and finish it the next day.
Once I have it down to 2 or 3 gallons I finish it in a stock pot, you need to cook it down until the temperature is about 8 degree above the boiling point of water, this varies with elevation so you need to boil a pot of water to figure out the actual temp for your location then add the 8 degree to that.
Or you can watch it and when it starts forming large bubbles that want to climb up and out of the pot it is time to take it off the heat before you end up with a big sticky mess to clean up.
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