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When the weather conditions are right, tapping begins. (You can
get help to determine the right time from an experienced maple
producer or maple literature). Once the trees are tapped and
alternate freezing and thawing occurs, things become very busy.
Maple sap does not keep well, so it must be collected once a day. Maple producers using plastic tubing often attach vacuum pumps to the tubing. This keeps sap moving in the line and significantly increases the sap flow per tree. Large storage tanks are needed at the sap house for storage of the day's sap collection while awaiting processing. Plastic tubing is more readily accepted by maple producers because of collection convenience and increased production. |
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