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Post by richardw on Sept 18, 2018 16:13:27 GMT -5
Talking with a bloke in the supermarket a few days where he was saying he's been tapping some of this Silver Birch trees, he reckons the syrup is not as sweet as Maple and much prepares it . I dont have any growing here but they grow so fast that getting a few Birches growing could be worth doing.
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Post by jocelyn on Sept 19, 2018 12:22:54 GMT -5
You can get birch syrup in the grocery stores here, and it's quite nice.
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Post by raymondo on Sept 19, 2018 17:18:03 GMT -5
richardw, I find the silver birch likes it when there’s good soil mositure. They grow almost as fast as acacias here. What size (girth) do they have to reach before you can start tapping them for syrup? Box elder (Acer negundo) makes good syrup so I’ve read. They’re too weedy for my liking so silver birch might be just the ticket.
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Post by richardw on Sept 19, 2018 23:59:25 GMT -5
I dont know how big his Birches are but i plan to call past to have a look how he's doing and have a taste. He's likely that his land is heavy clay and damp for trees of all sorts.
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Post by mskrieger on Sept 20, 2018 14:22:02 GMT -5
Recent research on sugar maples shows that the trees can be quite small--they are apparently pumping soil moisture up and into sap very aggressively in the springtime, and a single tap in a small tree is OK. Then again, it does seem like tree cruelty to tap a very young one.
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