To people who keep responding to me I never actually said I thought the tree was a maple, just that the bark looked similar to a norway maple. Norway maple is known for diamond patterned bark that can appear much like that of a white or green ash. They also both have opposite branching.
Even if they are invasive norway maples can still be tapped for sap. Knowing they look alike at first glance is usefull for backyard syrup makers. Granted you could easily tell when they have leaves.
@MrJobieRossell I'm sure you could, personally, I have better things to use my "You know what" for than tapping a sugar tree. Perhaps you should get away from the computer and try and get a date... just sayin...
Are you for real? The spiles i buy from Lappierre usa are 12 cents a piece? if you are going to make an instructional video make sure you know what you are talking about.
that's cool man) would this work if i did it to a young sugar maple tree that's skinny mine are all skinny ones their not fat and wide like thews trees are mine is as wide as a power-line-poll that's how big my sugar maples are,their not wide they have smooth gray bark & yellow leafs.
I wouldn't dismiss that first tree based on the bark. I've tapped a number of Norway maples and their bark looks pretty much just like that. The lack of any sap makes me think its probably something other than a maple. All my Norway maples gave out plenty of sap.
@Tithis I believe that the first tree taped is a Green Ash tree based on the bark and no sap flow. The second tree is a silver maple. Other than that great idea for the $1 taping system!
hate to break it to ya but the taps they sell are only around 30 cents a piece! and they make alot smaller hole in the tree, thats kinda a big hole you put in the tree there and thats going to take alot longer for the tree to heal over
@GoatHollow -No, spring is the time to tap trees for sap. Red maples can yeild as much and a good syrup as sugar maple, and many other maples, too. Birch trees are traditionally tapped in northern Europe for their sweet sap.
Good for you trying something new. I wouldn't know one tree from the next either until I watched a couple of videos on tapping trees and took note of the bark patterns and color. I have a little forest near my house and now I want to go check to see if I have a sugar maple out there among the rest. I love NY Maple syrup but can't afford it from the store, maybe I won't have to.
@theeastwatch Sorry bud I just watched the vid and didnt read the description. search LEHMANS. com for maple syrup stuff they use an aluminum alloy one
FYI long term consumption with the plastics your using will cause illness, such as cancer. NON of the materials used are FOOD GRADE. This means over time they will leach polymers in to your food. Just an FYI but great SHTF idea brother!
@jeffpenn329 yeah I already mentioned that in the description box. However, I am not convinced there is any toxicity transfer from a drop dripping through 5 inches of plastic. Pretty much all modern syrup manufacturers tap their trees with plastic materials, I wonder what plastics they are using.
It takes approximately 50 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. You need cold nights and warm days. Cold nights bring up the sugar content and warm days make the sap run
If you tap a silver maple or red maple you can boil away at your sap and never get syrup.
Good luck, it's lots of hard work. I know, I used to make approx 10 gallons of syrup every spring.
That's a great idea! I'll have to try that. BTW, that first tree was definitely not a maple, looked like ash. The second was a maple, but hard to tell whether it was a sugar maple (aka hard maple, rock maple) or a soft maple. I've been told that soft maples will make maple syrup, but has less sugar in the sap and takes more boiling.
@DangerousDan762 Honestly, I don't have much of a clue on the trees - I CAN say that under the snow around the base of the tree were MANY MAPLE leaves... thats why I tapped it. But I dunno, I'm jumping in feet first and seein what I get. Thanks for commenting.
@FrontCortex I don't think the 1 drop = 100 gallons is right? 2 reasons, 1- I've got a leak in my roof that drips at least 1 per second, and it fills up a 5 gallon pail in about a day or two :) also, none of the info online talks about sap Tsunamis...
I was thinking about screwin it in, not so much to hang the jug but just an easy way to put the tap on and off - will try it, maybe I'll invest another $1. and step up to a metal adapter :)
@wideawake73 treetop flyer is a great song, youTube it. :)
I couldn't believe how easy tapping the trees was, I was going to buy the normal steel taps in the hardware store but they wanted close to $20!! sorry not in this economy! PLUS THE ADAPTERS WERE MADE IN THE USA BITCHES!!! hahahaha
I have a feeling the boiling off part will be hard!
@theeastwatch I think the hard part is carrying it to where you want it ..lol .... I need some farm animals and I need them fast lol just boil and boil I think ...people dont do it as much around here as when I was young
Plastic is bad um kay? BPA chemicals!
glennwih 1 week ago
@glennwih Agreed.
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 week ago
To people who keep responding to me I never actually said I thought the tree was a maple, just that the bark looked similar to a norway maple. Norway maple is known for diamond patterned bark that can appear much like that of a white or green ash. They also both have opposite branching.
Even if they are invasive norway maples can still be tapped for sap. Knowing they look alike at first glance is usefull for backyard syrup makers. Granted you could easily tell when they have leaves.
Tithis 1 week ago
@Tithis Appreciate your comments. People expect FREE professional quality advice from you Tube (giggle) :)
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 week ago
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MrJobieRossell 1 week ago
@MrJobieRossell I'm sure you could, personally, I have better things to use my "You know what" for than tapping a sugar tree. Perhaps you should get away from the computer and try and get a date... just sayin...
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 week ago
Are you for real? The spiles i buy from Lappierre usa are 12 cents a piece? if you are going to make an instructional video make sure you know what you are talking about.
MrJobieRossell 1 week ago
Looks like an Ash tree to me.
EarlandPatty 2 weeks ago
that's cool man) would this work if i did it to a young sugar maple tree that's skinny mine are all skinny ones their not fat and wide like thews trees are mine is as wide as a power-line-poll that's how big my sugar maples are,their not wide they have smooth gray bark & yellow leafs.
lil27mike27big 3 months ago
I wouldn't dismiss that first tree based on the bark. I've tapped a number of Norway maples and their bark looks pretty much just like that. The lack of any sap makes me think its probably something other than a maple. All my Norway maples gave out plenty of sap.
Tithis 4 months ago
@Tithis thanks for the info.
-TEW
theeastwatch 4 months ago
@Tithis I believe that the first tree taped is a Green Ash tree based on the bark and no sap flow. The second tree is a silver maple. Other than that great idea for the $1 taping system!
noilltrees 3 weeks ago
@Tithis it is an Ash, not a maple
yonny1954 1 week ago
@yonny1954 yup its ash
swampratman2000 6 days ago
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Tithis 4 months ago
I love pure maple syrup. the lower the grade the better!!!! so sweet it's bitter
duckkillerclydeclyde 5 months ago
hate to break it to ya but the taps they sell are only around 30 cents a piece! and they make alot smaller hole in the tree, thats kinda a big hole you put in the tree there and thats going to take alot longer for the tree to heal over
crowhillsugarhouse 11 months ago
@crowhillsugarhouse My local hardware store sells a maple syrup kit for $19.95.
Yep, my hole was too big, live and learn.
-TEW
theeastwatch 11 months ago
The commercial plastic maple taps are 69 cents. Great DIY video though.
MsOrganicfarmer 11 months ago
@MsOrganicfarmer got a link?
-TEW
theeastwatch 11 months ago
Thought you tapped 'em in the fall
GoatHollow 1 year ago
@GoatHollow -No, spring is the time to tap trees for sap. Red maples can yeild as much and a good syrup as sugar maple, and many other maples, too. Birch trees are traditionally tapped in northern Europe for their sweet sap.
Jefferdaughter 4 weeks ago
Good for you trying something new. I wouldn't know one tree from the next either until I watched a couple of videos on tapping trees and took note of the bark patterns and color. I have a little forest near my house and now I want to go check to see if I have a sugar maple out there among the rest. I love NY Maple syrup but can't afford it from the store, maybe I won't have to.
Boomer1949 1 year ago
@theeastwatch Sorry bud I just watched the vid and didnt read the description. search LEHMANS. com for maple syrup stuff they use an aluminum alloy one
jeffpenn329 1 year ago
FYI long term consumption with the plastics your using will cause illness, such as cancer. NON of the materials used are FOOD GRADE. This means over time they will leach polymers in to your food. Just an FYI but great SHTF idea brother!
jeffpenn329 1 year ago
@jeffpenn329 yeah I already mentioned that in the description box. However, I am not convinced there is any toxicity transfer from a drop dripping through 5 inches of plastic. Pretty much all modern syrup manufacturers tap their trees with plastic materials, I wonder what plastics they are using.
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
@theeastwatch Plastic water pipe has to be food grade or your water would be contaminated. High density polyethylene tubing would be food grade.
astrialkil 1 year ago
@astrialkil thanks I did an entire vid of the Plastic Recycling codes a ways back.
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
It takes approximately 50 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. You need cold nights and warm days. Cold nights bring up the sugar content and warm days make the sap run
If you tap a silver maple or red maple you can boil away at your sap and never get syrup.
Good luck, it's lots of hard work. I know, I used to make approx 10 gallons of syrup every spring.
JokerMouce 1 year ago
Once you collect the sap it you have to boil off the excess water to concentrate it so it tastes like maple syrup that's it. Nice Job.
NewAmericaNow 1 year ago
That's a great idea! I'll have to try that. BTW, that first tree was definitely not a maple, looked like ash. The second was a maple, but hard to tell whether it was a sugar maple (aka hard maple, rock maple) or a soft maple. I've been told that soft maples will make maple syrup, but has less sugar in the sap and takes more boiling.
DangerousDan762 1 year ago
@DangerousDan762 Honestly, I don't have much of a clue on the trees - I CAN say that under the snow around the base of the tree were MANY MAPLE leaves... thats why I tapped it. But I dunno, I'm jumping in feet first and seein what I get. Thanks for commenting.
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
@DangerousDan762 Yep, definitely a green ash. I guess a person could make Ash syrup... maybe...
Chiliconnada 1 year ago
@DangerousDan762 Yep TEW is out there looking to make Ash syrup, a first!
Chiliconnada 1 year ago
@Chiliconnada Maybe I'll invent a new Energy Drink with new ASH SAP SUGAR! become a billionaire and then laugh at all of you... muahhaha
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
good job eastie! when should i be there for flapjacks?
skybirdbird 1 year ago
i dont think the first tree is a maple.......glad you found one tho....i guess....hehe
ironhead41 1 year ago
@ironhead41 It's the end of the world!! and I'M MAKIN PANCAKES!!!!
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
@theeastwatch What else would you do make quiche?
astrialkil 1 year ago
that's an ash tree r u boring 4 ash beatle?
2boddah 1 year ago
@2boddah No clue what I'm doing - I'm trying to find sugar maples, but I don't know squat about trees!
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
i thought i heard stephen stills!
ShinySilverForMe 1 year ago
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FrontCortex 1 year ago
@FrontCortex I don't think the 1 drop = 100 gallons is right? 2 reasons, 1- I've got a leak in my roof that drips at least 1 per second, and it fills up a 5 gallon pail in about a day or two :) also, none of the info online talks about sap Tsunamis...
I was thinking about screwin it in, not so much to hang the jug but just an easy way to put the tap on and off - will try it, maybe I'll invest another $1. and step up to a metal adapter :)
WHERE ARE MY PANCAKES!
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
Love that song.. havnt heard in a few years . Stills
Indiansmoke1 1 year ago
Sending you pm with some resources/information. Neat setup, might try that.
700eyesonly007 1 year ago
And I love your tunes ...maybe cuz im a lil drunken but ....its groovy : ) Thinking about getting some tapping supplies before I cant
wideawake73 1 year ago
@wideawake73 treetop flyer is a great song, youTube it. :)
I couldn't believe how easy tapping the trees was, I was going to buy the normal steel taps in the hardware store but they wanted close to $20!! sorry not in this economy! PLUS THE ADAPTERS WERE MADE IN THE USA BITCHES!!! hahahaha
I have a feeling the boiling off part will be hard!
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago
@theeastwatch I think the hard part is carrying it to where you want it ..lol .... I need some farm animals and I need them fast lol just boil and boil I think ...people dont do it as much around here as when I was young
wideawake73 1 year ago
our snow is melting VERY fast ..thanks for this vid : )
wideawake73 1 year ago
Better hope a bear doesnt come along and pee in the jug as a joke!
rage340 1 year ago
@rage340 bear pee is good for the wang.
-TEW
theeastwatch 1 year ago