Hybrid Poplar For Firewood

[Commando]

Im contemplating planting a 1 acre rough steep field with hybrid poplar for future firewood. What can I expect in terms of firewood and how long before I can coppice and realistically cut the first decent crop. What size logs am I gonna get after 4 or 6yrs.

Is poplar a good firewood?

Any advice appreciated

Craig

[Stubby]

Im contemplating planting a 1 acre rough steep field with hybrid poplar for future firewood. What can I expect in terms of firewood and how long before I can coppice and realistically cut the first decent crop. What size logs am I gonna get after 4 or 6yrs.

Is poplar a good firewood?

Any advice appreciated

Craig

 

Contrary to some people I have found pop to be pretty good fire wood . The important thing is once its seasoned you must keep it dry as it absorbs water like blotting paper . More so than other wood . There was a guy on here who said he once boiled his central heating using pop .

[SbTVF]

I can't imagine you would find it very easy to market as 'poplar firewood' specifically. Maybe more use if it was in a bag of mixed hardwood, though it burns very similar to softwood in my experience.

The general firewood buying public seem to have it ingrained that they want ash oak or birch. Wether they know the reasons why or not is completely irrelevant seemingly!

 

 

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[Taupotreeman]

Great kindling, dries fast, burns hot but doesn't last long. I used it to get the fire going and some heat into it before throwing on something longer lasting. Like stubby said; keep it dry.

 

 

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[Commando]

I can't imagine you would find it very easy to market as 'poplar firewood' specifically. Maybe more use if it was in a bag of mixed hardwood, though it burns very similar to softwood in my experience.

The general firewood buying public seem to have it ingrained that they want ash oak or birch. Wether they know the reasons why or not is completely irrelevant seemingly!

 

Sorry I should have said its for my own use, not to sell on. Thx

[Woodworks]

Have a search on here. Think a member called Marko has planted up some

[SbTVF]

I can't imagine you would find it very easy to market as 'poplar firewood' specifically. Maybe more use if it was in a bag of mixed hardwood, though it burns very similar to softwood in my experience.

 

The general firewood buying public seem to have it ingrained that they want ash oak or birch. Wether they know the reasons why or not is completely irrelevant seemingly!

 

 

 

Sorry I should have said its for my own use, not to sell on. Thx

 

 

 

Go for it then! Worth a try!

 

 

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[Woodworks]

My mistake it's willow he grows http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/forestry-woodland-management/74389-growing-firewood.html

[Johno219]

There were a few trials carried out for growing hybrid willow and poplar some years back but this was for biomass not logs You might be able to find some results by googling it

[Logsnstuff]

I had about 200 ton of hybrid poplar and bonfired about 180 ton of it nobody would take it even offered it free of charge to a guy with a big chipper for biomass and he wasn't interested, from my experience one thing you will find is those saying it burns ok are very much in the minority.