Almost Maple Syrup Time!
Hey fellow Penns'ers! Just want to say that if any of you were looking to make maple syrup for the first time, the beginning of the season is only about 5 weeks away and doesn't last long! All you need is one maple tree and you can produce your own! I have 7 and I can make A LOT of maple syrup.
Good luck to you first timers!
Good luck to you first timers!
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Permalink Reply by Richard Webb on -
The Sugar Maple is one of my very favorite trees, in the top ten anyway. I don't have any in my small quarter acre yard. When I bough the house almost 8 years ago, there was only lawn. I planted 3 larger shade trees and 10 smaller ornamental trees. The closest is a Red Maple. If I had silty soil rather than all clay soil I would have been happy to plant one of the cultivars of Black Sugar Maple that grows a little faster and tolerates drought more than the regular mother species of Sugar Maple.
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Permalink Reply by Tracey Yasi z6PA on -
Hey Sparticuss - does the tree need to be fully mature? I'm afraid my sugar maple is only still a young 'un.
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Permalink Reply by Sparticuss The Gardenest on -
No Tracey, typically you would tap a tree that is minimally 8-10 inches in diameter, but not until that point. I actually tapped about a 10 inch tree this year, it was the first time I've tapped it since it was always too small, and it is producing about 3/4 of what a large maple produces. GOOD LUCK!!!
Tracey Yasi z6PA said:Hey Sparticuss - does the tree need to be fully mature? I'm afraid my sugar maple is only still a young 'un.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Buckley on -
Anybody out there from Susquehanna County??
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Permalink Reply by Sparticuss The Gardenest on
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Butler County here!
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