Sycamore sap?Hunting my best friend’s farm and this just blew in. I wanna find this tree and put a tap in it the size of a firehose. View attachment 167473
Sycamore sap?Hunting my best friend’s farm and this just blew in. I wanna find this tree and put a tap in it the size of a firehose. View attachment 167473
Yes that is certainly sycamore. But you can make sycamore syrup.Sycamore sap?
Haven’t looked into it but I’m planning to inventory my black walnut trees and see if I’ve got enough of them to tap. I know I’ve got sycamores at home but I don’t know if they make decent syrup.Sycamore sap?
Depends on soil moisture and the size of the tree, as well as the weather.I know zero about this topic. How much sap can you obtain from a single sugar maple in a season?
One of mine has produced 4-5 gallons in one day.I know zero about this topic. How much sap can you obtain from a single sugar maple in a season?
I tapped black walnut this year. Much higher ratio than maple. great syrup, but it was something like 85 to 1. It was ridiculous. I dont have RO, but still, 85 to 1 is crazy. Also, it had so much pectin it was almost impossible to filter. It forced me to buy a vac filter this year. upside is I sold it for $3 an ounce and sold out so fast I will ask more next year.Haven’t looked into it but I’m planning to inventory my black walnut trees and see if I’ve got enough of them to tap. I know I’ve got sycamores at home but I don’t know if they make decent syrup.
A significant percentage of mine are on a 45 degree plus slope.I have enough maples to tap, but they're all on a steep hillside and hard to get to.
A significant percentage of mine are on a 45 degree plus slope.
Tap the trees and run lines down the slope.I'm doing good to be able to walk out to where the slope is these days.
In the next 10 days here, there are 2 that are supposed to get above freezing. But barely.Still too cold up here to even think about starting - no temps above freezing to the extent of the forecast.