Some in maple season and out of season tests on 3/16″ maple tubing
3/16″ tubing can provide some yield benefit by creating natural vacuum. That benefit will be directly related to the elevation drop of the lateral line.
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Does sugar removal impact trees? A complex question to answer.
Two main issues relate to the sustainability of maple sugaring; tree wounding and sugar removal. In other words, does a tapped maple tree grow more wood than is compartmentalized (functionally “removed by the tree’s normal wound response process) each year and/or does sap collection take more sugar from the tree than can be readily replaced through photosynthesis? These two issues, although separate in some respects, are inextricably intertwined.
Imidacloprid contamination of maple sap following Asian longhorned beetle quarantine treatment
Both the Asian longhorned beetle and the use of imidacloprid to protect sugar maples from this pest pose a threat to maple syrup producers.
A Future Without Maple: The threat of the Asian Longhorned Beetle
The ALB poses a grave threat to maple trees, and to the maple syrup industry.
Cloudiness’ effect on refractometer measurements
Accurately measuring density is critical to the production of pure maple syrup. This article explores how impurities in syrup can affect the accuracy of tools used to measure density.
Counting Sugar Makers
Analysis of the 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture’s report on the maple industry.
Reverse Osmosis for Maple Syrup Option 2
Cornell University’s Maple Specialist, Steve Childs reviews a second reverse osmosis system for a small-scale maple syrup producer. Reverse osmosis greatly reduces the time and energy spent in boiling maple syrup by pulling much of the water from the sap before the boiling process begins. Sap can be put through the system repeatedly and becomes more concentrated with each pass through the RO membrane. Boiling the concentrated sap at the end is always necessary however, as that greatly contributes to maple syrup’s rich flavor.
Reverse Osmosis for Maple Syrup Option 3
Cornell University’s Maple Specialist, Steve Childs, reviews one more reverse osmosis unit that is still applicable to the small-scale maple producer, despite this unit’s size.
Small-scale Reverse Osmosis
Cornell University’s Maple Specialist, Steve Childs looks at a small-scale reverse osmosis unit and goes through the equipment piece by piece.
Collect More Sap Without Vacuum Pumps
Using 3/16″ tubing can create non-mechanical vacuum that can increase sap yield.