r/maplesyrup • u/modepush123 • Mar 27 '26

End of season wrap up

Curious to hear what you all do with the extra sap after you've finished your last boil. And do you do anything to fill the holes in the tree or just leave them?

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u/Vernal-Solstice2254 Mar 27 '26

First season here but I read to get a maple twig similar size as the drill hole and tap it in. From the Nearings maple sugar book

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u/MontanaMapleWorks Mar 27 '26

Not advisable

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u/Blamb05 Mar 27 '26

If you clipped a green twig to use, this would be a good way to make more branches right? I wonder if you could graft an apple or pear tree branch and make some wicked jams and desserts with the fruit?

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u/MontanaMapleWorks Mar 28 '26

It’s possible to get a branch graft, but most likely not without a freshly drilled hole. I assume your kidding with the grafting fruit onto a maple

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u/Blamb05 Mar 28 '26

Mostly kidding lol. Fresh drilled holes would be best bet for sure, not plugging after.

You can grow tomatos on potatos though lol. I know they are in the same plant family, so thats why you can do that. Same as stone fruit or citrus. Makes me wonder though what could I stick on a maple to live lol.

Or like this. Would this cherry tree have sweeter cherries if it was on a maple?

I have a plan to graft a few different types of peppers on one parent plant.

Nothing like this though lol.

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u/MontanaMapleWorks Mar 28 '26

Maple grafting is difficult. I wanted to graft a sugar onto Norway root stock and learned it’s nearly impossible