Making Maple Syrup

Step 7 Clean up!

Clean-up is pretty simple. To clean the drill bit wipe it off with a rag or paper towel. To seal up the tree you can go and buy a tree repair putty, but for me i used the original wood shavings. I stuffed in the shavings and then sealed the holes with epoxy. It is VERY important to seal up the holes as insects and airborne bacteria might get into the holes

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Comments

[jobierossell]

Yeah. Thats true. it is not necessary to seal up your tap hole. I dont seal any of mine and i tap hundreds of trees. just move the tap hole 3 inches over and 5 inches up or down for the next year.

[steel57]

you really don't need to seal up the tap hole. after the tap is removed the tree will heal itself.just rotate your new hole next year.in about 3to5 years you'll never know you ever tapped the tree.have fun