What Is A Maple Drill Bit?
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Handcrafted in USA Handcrafted in USA Yes. When the nights are below freezing and the days are above freezing, you may collect sap from the trees, even in the Fall. Some producers who have tried fall tapping have reported that the sugar content is lower and niter content is higher but you can still make syrup! Many studies on climate change show that the sugaring season is getting earlier and earlier as it is.
If you do tap in the autumn, you may want to avoid tapping in the Spring just to give your tree a break.
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Cathy
People don’t tap in fall. Its bad for trees, produces poor quality product, is cost prohibitive and doesn’t increase production overall. This information comes from an experiment for the Forestry service in the 1960’s.
https://mapleresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/rp115.pdf
Angela
Hi Cathy
Thank you for weighing in and sharing your view. You are absolutely correct that there are many benefits to making maple syrup in the spring instead of the fall which is why fall tapping is so uncommon. That being said, there are folks who do tap in the fall for their own personal reasons. This article acknowledges that, yes, it is possible.