While most sugaring operations used to rely on buckets and spiles, more are upgrading to vacuum tubing systems able to suck more sap from the tree over longer periods.
How much you wanna bet this is gonna be bad in the long-run? I’m predicting that increasing the sap harvest from individual trees is going to damage the trees; and while the effects may not be seen in the next couple years, I bet eventually the trees will start getting sick and start dying because they don’t have enough sap.
The reddit thread on this is full of people talking about this being the best year they’ve ever had, so… maybe not as great a system as they’re selling it to be?
How much you wanna bet this is gonna be bad in the long-run? I’m predicting that increasing the sap harvest from individual trees is going to damage the trees; and while the effects may not be seen in the next couple years, I bet eventually the trees will start getting sick and start dying because they don’t have enough sap.
The reddit thread on this is full of people talking about this being the best year they’ve ever had, so… maybe not as great a system as they’re selling it to be?
My friend has a little 300-tree operation. He says it’s the best year he’s ever had.
Big maple is lying to us!