Thinking of replacing your sap collection buckets with plastic tubing? Need to replace your existing tubing system? Need to know the “ins and outs” of tubing set up before you make your decision? On Saturday, June 13 from 10:00 until noon you have the opportunity to learn about the installation of tubing in your sugar bush. Stephen Childs, Maple Extension Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension, will present a workshop on Tubing Installation In Your Sugar Bush. The workshop will be held at Dewey Meadows Maple in Warren Center, Pennsylvania. The workshop is sponsored by the Penn State Maple Syrup Program of Penn State Cooperative Extension. The cost of the workshop is $10 per farm or maple operation. Please register in advance by calling (570) 265-2896, or by email at rsh7@psu.edu. Checks should be made payable to Bradford County Cooperative Extension and mailed to: PSU Maple Program, Bradford County Cooperative Extension, 701 South Fourth Street, Towanda, PA 18848. Registrations are due June 11th. For more information call the above number or email.
Agenda Topics Include: woods preparation, - thinning, logging, firewood, eye Level + tape or paint demonstration, topography and mapping, system layouts, main line wire lay out and tightening, main line sizing and cfm evaluation, installing 5/16 inch tubing, main line connections for 5/16, tubing tools, drop lines, cleaning tubing, vacuum systems, tubing and vacuum loss, dry line systems, vacuum boosters, pumping against vacuum, checking for leaks, sap ladders and tap hole sanitation and check valves.
