Sycamore split logs have green fuzzy mould

[doobin]

As mentioned, sycamore always goes moudly.

[LumberJack1984]

Metal log store had flat solid metal sheet sides (no ventilation) but open front and open back. 
Slatted bottom and kept high with bricks as stilts, 

And a corrugated roof that slopes to the front.

 

Thanks for the info and experience that its ventilation

- will stack better and make sure walls/FENCE’s not so close to the back of the log store too. 

[LumberJack1984]

Thanks Doobin ! 
I won’t try with Sycamore again I think.

So much work wasted on 2 large loads of sycamore only to now be put in a hugelkulture and garden waste for the council! Ah well. 

[Paul in the woods]

If you stack it now and get air to it the mould will dry off and the logs will be perfectly usable. I like sycamore, it can go a bit mouldy under the bark but it seasons quickly. Burns a bit fast than ash but that's because it's less dense.

[LumberJack1984]

I’ve been put off keeping it because of the potential health risks with mould
(Wife’s asthmatic and 7mnths pregnant and 4yr old too)

and so thought best to dispose of as it’ll just get more mouldy?

(Was near to front door and front window and side of house,

so didn’t want the mould to potentially seriously affect our health).

Our areas really wet too

- Southwell, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

with driving winds blowing rain in to the front of the house!

and many of the living trees near us have loads of moss/lichen/green stuff on them etc.

 

 

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, LumberJack1984 said:

I hate sycamore - invasive, non native, grows too quickly and blocks out the light for all the other small trees and wood floor. 

I love Sycamore . Grows quickly , splits easy peasy , seasons quick ( as long as rain is kept off and air flow allowed )  and burns as well as Ash or Beech . Even burns fine with a bit of mould on it ! 👍

[Dan Maynard]

Thanks Doobin ! 
I won’t try with Sycamore again I think.
So much work wasted on 2 large loads of sycamore only to now be put in a hugelkulture and garden waste for the council! Ah well. 

Crazy talk, at least dry it and sell it, if it's open front and back maybe you just stacked it too carefully. A mouse should be able to run all through the stack (apparently).

Or burn it yourself, once it dries the mould will go.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Crazy talk, at least dry it and sell it, if it's open front and back maybe you just stacked it too carefully. A mouse should be able to run all through the stack (apparently).

Or burn it yourself, once it dries the mould will go.

Exactly . Sycamore is THE least labor intensive fire wood going .

[Paul in the woods]

16 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

A mouse should be able to run all through the stack (apparently).

I get stoats in mine.

[Silverhooker]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

I love Sycamore . Grows quickly , splits easy peasy , seasons quick ( as long as rain is kept off and air flow allowed )  and burns as well as Ash or Beech . Even burns fine with a bit of mould on it ! 👍

Me too, makes great firewood if processed quickly after felling and stored correctly.