UPTON, Mass.—Tom Claflin, a sugarmaker in Upton, Mass. reports an unbelievable mast year in his area.

“It’s like a carpet,” he told The Maple News.

“It’s been so wet lately and all the seeds germinated. I’ve never seen them producer like this.” C

Caflin blames the phenomenon on the lack of sugar in the sap this season.

“Every time we have a big mast year like this the sugar sucks,” he told The Maple News.

There were many reports of a heavy seed summer in 2023, with helicopter samaras piling up so much, that it became a subject of many news stories.

Experts say that mast years, while mostly unpredictable, generally occur every 4-7 years or so.