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Yesterday saw a huge icicle hanging off the side of a maple tree...... soon time
You can drink sap right from a tree but it's not really that sweet. only about 1/40th what syrup will be. It doesn't keep well either.Have no idea how the Maple thing works from trees. Can someone give me the run down how it works? And can you use it right from the tree or do you have to add something to it? Thanks
First answer is yesC6, Ok two things once you boil the sap down does it thicken and become sweet? And lets say you have one gallon of sap how much syrup does that make? We have walnut trees here but their sap isn't sweet.
First answer is yes
Second answer is variable depending on the trees used. but I'd be surprised if you got more than 4-5 ounces.
I'ts a lot of work and time just for 1 gallon.
Whats the avg. a person can put up in one season? Here in Calif. we get most of your maple syrup from the Savemart Tree.
Wow, your guy's trees are weird. It's -10 in Minnesota and it's not going to do anything for a week but then move up to a hearty 20.Yesterday saw a huge icicle hanging off the side of a maple tree...... soon time
I have made syrup from the sap of the black walnut trees. the sap flows the same time period as maples. The syrup is more of a yellow than amber and has a buttery taste missing in the maple. Hickory is said by some old timers to make a better syrup and also sycamore can be used. Birch syrup was a favorite of some, but the sap doesn't flow until later in the year and tend to sour before the buckets are collected. Until the house fire, I had a book called Edible plants of Eastern North America that listed several trees used for syrup.Has anyone tried making syrup from walnut trees? I would like to try it.
I thought I had found some "walnut syrup" but once I got it it was corn syrup favored with walnuts. It taste good, but I was quite disappointed that it was fake.
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I haven't done it in a few years. but will do it again in a few days. You need a way to collect sap. On a day about 40 degrees the sap with flow like a leaky faucet. You need a container to put it in, and then an evaporator. An evaporator can be as simple as a 4 gallon kettle from Walmart. Don't do it in the kitchen, or the steam vapro will condense on the cabinets and ruin everything. I use a kerosene stove out doors. It take a awhile to cook it down and then if not careful it will scorch quickly. 4 gallons of sap will get you about 10 oz of syrup. You don't need sugar maple, any maple except Japanese. A tree about 24 inches in diameter should give a gallon or two of sap per day depending on the temperatures. Some folks make their own spiles out of short sections of PVC pipe and hang buckets the old fashioned way. True value hardware sells spiles, but the type for open buckets which get a lot of wind driven dirt in them. There has got to be dozens of you tube videosCan someone show some pictures of your set up??
I haven't done it in a few years. but will do it again in a few days. You need a way to collect sap. On a day about 40 degrees the sap with flow like a leaky faucet. You need a container to put it in, and then an evaporator. An evaporator can be as simple as a 4 gallon kettle from Walmart. Don't do it in the kitchen, or the steam vapro will condense on the cabinets and ruin everything. I use a kerosene stove out doors. It take a awhile to cook it down and then if not careful it will scorch quickly. 4 gallons of sap will get you about 10 oz of syrup. You don't need sugar maple, any maple except Japanese. A tree about 24 inches in diameter should give a gallon or two of sap per day depending on the temperatures. Some folks make their own spiles out of short sections of PVC pipe and hang buckets the old fashioned way. True value hardware sells spiles, but the type for open buckets which get a lot of wind driven dirt in them. There has got to be dozens of you tube videos
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