Pear seasoning

[paul1966]

Just had a delivery of pear logs to split and season, looking online I can only find mainly American sites where they say the seasoning time is 6-9 months. If I split it into reasonably small pieces is this time scale realistic? 

[sandspider]

If it's split small, and stored out of the rain with decent air flow it should be fine.

[neiln]

Yes but will need to be split small.  If you aren't desperate then it may be better for next winter. Pear is fairly dense.

[paul1966]

Thanks, it is an emergency supply just depends how fast we get through what I already  stacked. just hope it splits easy.

[Steven P]

my rule of thumb is t split it as soon as I can and then it gets the best chance to dry. Speed all depends on the environment it is dried in, a good hot summer and stacked where the wind catches it and it will be good, a long wet summer and stacked between the shed and garage where no wind gets, then no chance.

[paul1966]

spent most of today splitting some up, it actually splits quite well so I could easily split it into small pieces but is quite dense compared with the softwood I have, just need a good summer now I guess.

[Stubby]

This wood seasoning thing is just common sense really . Longer the better  , keep dry , wind, and some sun  if possible . At the end of the day if you are cold you godda burn what you got .

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Yes it can be done.  I quite liked the pear wood I got and yes I seasoned it in a year over a decent summer no problems.

(South facing log rack, good air flow and protected from the rain)

Edited March 14, 2022 by Rob_the_Sparky