Freezing Nights & Warm Sunny Days
Managing forest-grown maples to help them develop the wide, spreading crowns that will produce sweet and plentiful sap.
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September 2018 was the final deadline for maple operations who have to comply with some or all of the Preventive Controls for Human Food rule of FSMA....
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Some maple operations will have compliance requirements under the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act or FSMA...
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All native maples can be tapped for sap. Sap runs with cold nights in the 20’s, daytime 40’s. Expect 8-10 runs during the season. During each run, one...
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How does vacuum and atmospheric pressure affect the sap run? Examples of Tree Pressures and sap flow.
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UNH Extension forestry and wildlife experts and special guests answer audience questions live.
UNH Extension forestry and wildlife experts and special guests answer audience questions live.
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In late winter the familiar metal buckets begin appearing on maple trees all over New Hampshire. It’s maple sugaring season! Sugaring is a classic New...
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Happily, one volunteer activity that I am still able to do during the pandemic restrictions is to measure trees for the NH Big Tree program, following...
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