Maple Syrup: Why and How?

[Hobohube]

thank you.

[desertcajun10]

Can you tap sugar maples in warmer climates, like the gulf coast? Do the trees need extremely cold winters, like New England, to be tapped?

[DaveWhiteESF]

It is better for the trees to have a dormant season where they store up carbohydrates since those compounds are the basis for sap flow in the spring. The sugar maple tree does not extend its range further south than 35 degrees north latitude or the southern Appalachians. Also, cold weather means that trees produce sugars concentrated in their cells for winter protection.

[chaosgodess666]

shes tappin trees

[katakozma]

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[woodyate]

seems like it would sap the trees energy. but its harmless?

[Xpozethcorupt]

how long can you tap one tree? or.... Do you kill the tree? surely the tree can't be tapped forever

[DaveWhiteESF]

As a sugar maple tree ages, its growth slows down and sap flow decreases in volume and sugar concentration. Trees over 150 years old usually do not produce a lot of sap. The best trees are those that are less than 75 years old.

Tapping the tree does not kill it. A single tree can be tapped repeatedly. It is hard to give a fixed number of years for effective tapping of a tree. It depends on many factors and the relative health of the individual tree.

[Xpozethcorupt]

Thanks Dave - sorry so long to reply. Maple syrup /the Maple TREE is amazing isn't -what a Gift to the earth and us. I have been using pure maple syrup with Bicarbonate of soda- it is a treatment against cancer I believe. articles in "Uncensored" a magazine for the truths (exposing what our governments have been hiding). Anyway you could also find info on the web and youtube -i guess. thanks again

[FightUni09]

That is some setup you made to collect the sap. You are the Dracula of Sap Suckers!

[mirrorpondpale]

Very informative video , and man is that girl hot

[WillPKILL]

lol wtf

[Paulpunkrocks]

The Olde sugar bush in Heidberg, I must've went there 1x10^6 times

[happygolucky323]

Great video! Thanks.

[astergio]

awesome

[dearjon]

Very good explanation on the process of gathering and making maple syrup. Check out our two short videos from my wife's family's farm where they have harvested sap for several generations. They still do it pretty much the old fashioned way.