Making Maple Syrup

Step 3 Drilling Holes

The title and picture explain it all. I used a 3/8in. drill bit as that was the size of the tubes. Be sure that the tree is large enough, if it is less than 10in. in diameter you can not tap it, but for every 8in. added to diameter you can add 1 more tap. For example if a tree is 34in. in diameter you can put four taps on it. Be sure not to drill to deep, about 3in. is good enough.

Comments

[jobierossell]

I use a different scale.
10 inshes 1 tap and every 5 inches add 1 tap. But no more than 5 taps.

[tomtortoise]

so i have a tree that i can get 3 taps into so do i put them on different elevations or around the tree in different spots? also would this one tree be enough to get any syrup from?(29 Inches)