Its sap is very similar to sugar maple sap. More: Maple sap flowing early this year as syrup being made at Malabar Farm Tapping is when you drill a hole into the tree no deeper than 1.5 inches.

That sap won't flow until the tree senses that winter is starting to break. It generally happens after several days of 40 degrees with nights in the 20s. That weather came early this year.

The Maple Sap Flow Process . As do most trees in temperate climates, maple trees enter dormancy during winter and store food in the form of starches and sugar.

Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up enough for sap to flow. However, making real maple syrup takes a lot of hard work and patience.

Maple trees — and the sap that flows through them — reign supreme for syrup-making in New England. But with a record-warm winter, ... which maples need in order for their sap to flow. ...

According to Mark Isselhardt, maple specialist at the University of Vermont Extension, it’s “not unheard of” for sap production to occur in January — especially since whenever maple trees ...

According to Mass Audubon, it takes 40 to 50 gallons of raw sugar maple sap to produce a single gallon on syrup. Every year Massachusetts produces 50,000-60,000 gallons of maple syrup.

Maple trees require an extremely specific environment for the best sap production. Ideally, to maintain steady sap flow, temperatures overnight have to get to the freezing mark or below.

Maple trees require an extremely specific environment for the best sap production. Ideally, to maintain steady sap flow, temperatures overnight have to get to the freezing mark or below.

Its sap is very similar to sugar maple sap. More: Maple sap flowing early this year as syrup being made at Malabar Farm Tapping is when you drill a hole into the tree no deeper than 1.5 inches.

Its sap is very similar to sugar maple sap. More: Maple sap flowing early this year as syrup being made at Malabar Farm Tapping is when you drill a hole into the tree no deeper than 1.5 inches.