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I save all my cherry for cooking on. Don't have any beech but I get by with a mixture of other stuff. Have a lot of ash and oak to supplement the almost unlimited leylandii I have. At the moment, anything that isn't wet from the rain will do!

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On 11/10/2019 at 00:58, Silverhooker said:

I would agree that wood does "go off" if left out in the wet too long then dried, especially the species with a high carb content like sycamore and other maples. I've had syc that lay out for a year and then was brought in split and dried and went all powdery in the middle., it burned but wasn't up to much.

I find sycamore one of the fastest seasoning hardwoods, forget ash in that respect. I'm burning sycamore felled this May  / June and it's perfect

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I would agree, I get quite a bit of sycamore and can usually burn it 3-4 months after felling, I do cut and split it quick and have a good draughty barn to dry it. I would say that if its left out cut in the open too long it "spoils" quickly and goes mouldy very quick. I believe its the high carb content that is responsible for that, although as it grows as a weed round my way i can usually get my hands on quite a bit over time and it tends to grow quite straight so is easy enough to cut and split by hand.

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8 hours ago, Silverhooker said:

I would agree, I get quite a bit of sycamore and can usually burn it 3-4 months after felling, I do cut and split it quick and have a good draughty barn to dry it. I would say that if its left out cut in the open too long it "spoils" quickly and goes mouldy very quick. I believe its the high carb content that is responsible for that, although as it grows as a weed round my way i can usually get my hands on quite a bit over time and it tends to grow quite straight so is easy enough to cut and split by hand.

It is for sure the least labor intensive fire wood . Seasons quick , splits easy peasy and burns like Ash/Beech   .

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