Anyone tapping maple trees right now? | Food Production and Preservation | Forums

i wonder that as well..seems like that just a perfect environment for infection. Keeping a wound open time? I know my pop would take them down every year. Still working on a better way to tap the tree. you are supposed to go 2.5 inches deep. However most the sap is just under the cambium layer (at least from my observations) so it seems un-needed to drill that far in. To me that just creates a pathway into the tree.

I have seen someone who instead just puts a roofing nail to hold the container instead of relying on the spout to hold bucket (in a bucket system). So by doing this you could essentially drill a lot less. I guess maybe I should try that next year. This years learning curve observation was not to tap tree while frozen (splits bark tougher to get tight fit). I got a few more years to get this a bit more refined.

KVR: Do you have any maples on the new lot?

yeah i understand! This years effort was supposed to have been 2 years ago but just did not happen until this year.