Agreed. One tree won't do it

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Apr 25, 2015
3:59:51pm

Cougarclaw

Agreed. One tree won't do it

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Cougarclaw

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Can you extract maple sap from any maple tree?

Acorn

4/25/15 3:55pm

My understanding is you need a lot of trees to produce a usable amount of syrup

Busiturtle

4/25/15 3:57pm

Agreed. One tree won't do it

Cougarclaw

4/25/15 3:59pm

my brother does syrup every year up in Vermont.

vacougfan

4/25/15 4:02pm

That's about right. 12:1 ratio trees to gallon of syrup.

OldCosmo

4/25/15 4:17pm

and he rotates which trees he taps every year.

vacougfan

4/25/15 4:24pm

That's a good practice. I learned a thimble full of "maple knowledge" while

OldCosmo

4/25/15 5:19pm

Yes. Even from box elder trees (which are a type of maple).

Mantis Mutu

4/25/15 6:38pm

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