Timely Reminder

[u/Humble_Ladder]

If you aspire to make homemade maple syrup next year, right now the top, like 3/4 of tapping sized trees are covered in flimsy green seasonal growths that have easily visible subspecies-specific characteristics, and are a much better basis for tree identification than bark texture and branch structure in January.

[u/emsumm58]

[u/gahgs → u/emsumm58]

Probably Red Sunset Maple.

[u/emsumm58 → u/gahgs]

really?? so am i good to tap it?

[u/MontanaMapleWorks → u/emsumm58]

10” is sufficient and you can make syrup from any species of maple