Is There a Season?
In a good year, tapping season is six weeks long, starting in late winter and ending in early spring. That’s when sap actively transports nutrients within the tree. “Sap goes into the roots during the cold night, collects starch, and turns it into sugar. During the warm day it will shoot up the trunk so the branches can bud out in the spring,” says Robert Pougnier at Heartwood Farm, a maple syrup and produce farm in South Albany, Vermont. You want daytime temperatures in the mid 30s and nighttime temperature in the mid 20s.
Where To Find Maple Trees