I'm so glad I stumbled onto this video. I have three very mature Silver Maples all at least 75 years old but probably all over 100. I cut a large limb off the bottom of one tree and I watched water flow from it that literally made me wonder if there was some way that a water line started leaking and flowing up through the tree.(of course it was just maple water) Literally well over 5 gallons of maple water flowed out for over 30 minutes.
I do wish we had forests of maples here! I have some tiny sugar maple trees, but have never heard of anyone suggaring her ein Tasmania. We sure don't have snowy winters that maples apparently need.
Hey I think we spoke a very long time ago. With the cold snap coming it looks like a few days will be below freezing at night and above at day. Safe for me to tap my tree the night of the freeze?
I have two large mature silver maples in my yard, about 3-4 ft diameter. Would it be worth tapping them for a small amount of syrup each spring? Would love to do it with the daughter. Is silver maple syrup good?
That's what we tap in this video. They would be fine to tap. You can boil it down on the stove or on a wood stove. Even if you don't have enough to boil down, you can just drink the sap. It's delicious. Sweet water.
Yes syrup from any maple pretty much all taste the same. Keep an eye out for Box Elder trees which are very common in many parts, also the introduced and invasive Norway maple can be tapped as well.
So I’m new to tapping maples. Most of the Naples on my family’s property are red maples. I tapped 10 of them but have yet to see any sap. I live near Asheville nc. It’s been 30-50 degrees here lately. Is it too warm for there to be sap coming out? I figured I would have had sap come out by now. Thanks for any advice!
I'm not sure about red maple tapping. I'd guess it could work. I thought all maples produced something. 30-50°F is pretty warm and I'd guess that the buds might be breaking by now in those temps. Usually the sap runs in Jan-Feb in Missouri when temps are below freezing at night and just above during the day. That could be the problem.
@@HardcoreSustainable Yes Red Maple is commonly tapped and actually better than Silver maple for producing sap with less sugar sand but similar sugar content.
This is just a thought. Wouldn't it be okay to plug the tap hole with a bit of cork when you're finished tapping? Or even some sawdust? And...how DO you get the sap to stop dripping, once you are finished? Also, did you know you can tap Yellow and Black Birches, Paper Birch too? People have said that they often, some even prefer, to drink the sap without reducing it to syrup. They call it Maple Water. Yellow Birch sap is actually supposed to be healthier for you than Sugar Maple sap too, more minerals and different kinds of sugar apparently. I just learned that, thought I would share!
We do drink the sap as well. It's a really good drink but you have to drink it right away because it goes bad quick. I'd think it also could be good because it is raw. Why would you plug the hole? The trees stop dripping on their own once it gets warmer and the leaves start coming out. That's when we take down the operation. The trees heal over the hole in one season, though it leaves a scar.
Thats a beautiful story of you and your daughter. I wish more mothers and fathers were doing what you are doing with there children. God bless
I'm so glad I stumbled onto this video. I have three very mature Silver Maples all at least 75 years old but probably all over 100. I cut a large limb off the bottom of one tree and I watched water flow from it that literally made me wonder if there was some way that a water line started leaking and flowing up through the tree.(of course it was just maple water) Literally well over 5 gallons of maple water flowed out for over 30 minutes.
I love Silver maples, here in western Canada they don't grow in the wild but they are commonly planted in parks, yards and alongside streets.
I have a 60 year old 3 trunked silver maple in front of my house. I want to tap it this year. Looking for tips and found your video. Thanks!
Good luck! That's a big tree for a silver maple.
Awesome, I have 11 silver Maples in my yard🤤
That's great. Give it a try.
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I do wish we had forests of maples here! I have some tiny sugar maple trees, but have never heard of anyone suggaring her ein Tasmania. We sure don't have snowy winters that maples apparently need.
Hey I think we spoke a very long time ago. With the cold snap coming it looks like a few days will be below freezing at night and above at day. Safe for me to tap my tree the night of the freeze?
Depends on where you are. The sap needs to be flowing, which seems unlikely at this time of year. Usually happens late January, early February.
I have two large mature silver maples in my yard, about 3-4 ft diameter. Would it be worth tapping them for a small amount of syrup each spring? Would love to do it with the daughter. Is silver maple syrup good?
That's what we tap in this video. They would be fine to tap. You can boil it down on the stove or on a wood stove. Even if you don't have enough to boil down, you can just drink the sap. It's delicious. Sweet water.
Yes syrup from any maple pretty much all taste the same. Keep an eye out for Box Elder trees which are very common in many parts, also the introduced and invasive Norway maple can be tapped as well.
So I’m new to tapping maples. Most of the Naples on my family’s property are red maples. I tapped 10 of them but have yet to see any sap. I live near Asheville nc. It’s been 30-50 degrees here lately. Is it too warm for there to be sap coming out? I figured I would have had sap come out by now. Thanks for any advice!
I'm not sure about red maple tapping. I'd guess it could work. I thought all maples produced something. 30-50°F is pretty warm and I'd guess that the buds might be breaking by now in those temps. Usually the sap runs in Jan-Feb in Missouri when temps are below freezing at night and just above during the day. That could be the problem.
@@HardcoreSustainable Yes Red Maple is commonly tapped and actually better than Silver maple for producing sap with less sugar sand but similar sugar content.
This is just a thought.
Wouldn't it be okay to plug the tap hole with a bit of cork when you're finished tapping?
Or even some sawdust?
And...how DO you get the sap to stop dripping, once you are finished?
Also, did you know you can tap Yellow and Black Birches, Paper Birch too?
People have said that they often, some even prefer, to drink the sap without reducing it to syrup.
They call it Maple Water.
Yellow Birch sap is actually supposed to be healthier for you than Sugar Maple sap too,
more minerals and different kinds of sugar apparently.
I just learned that, thought I would share!
We do drink the sap as well. It's a really good drink but you have to drink it right away because it goes bad quick. I'd think it also could be good because it is raw. Why would you plug the hole? The trees stop dripping on their own once it gets warmer and the leaves start coming out. That's when we take down the operation. The trees heal over the hole in one season, though it leaves a scar.