Henry on Nostr: If you get the Brix high enough that it doesn't ferment you don't have maple syrup ...

If you get the Brix high enough that it doesn't ferment you don't have maple syrup you have a locally adapted biological innoculant for maple trees. That's so expensive to buy because I just made the idea up and I am not as young as I used to be so it taken literally decades to come to that thought. 💸🫠💸

Now I am not a sugar maple expert but I would assume the basic biology is the same across all Acer's though- I think the north american ones evolved without worms so it might need to be tested/researched a bit. However if you found it helped on Japanese maples you have a whole bunch of Bonsai enthusiasts and landscape gardeners to sell to. Japanese maple prices are frankly insane.