Leylandii as Firewood

[Billhook]

On 08/04/2024 at 07:23, Squaredy said:

If leylandii (or indeed any cypress) is quite heavy it is still wet.  

It was split by my Lockdown splitter three years ago into mainly 4 inch square x 16 inch.  It is bone dry but still heavy, there is absolutely no smoke coming from the stainless steel chimney.  It does not feel like pine, could it perhaps be a slower growth rate making it more dense?  Or perhaps just a different variety of Leylandii.

[Squaredy]

13 hours ago, Billhook said:

It was split by my Lockdown splitter three years ago into mainly 4 inch square x 16 inch.  It is bone dry but still heavy, there is absolutely no smoke coming from the stainless steel chimney.  It does not feel like pine, could it perhaps be a slower growth rate making it more dense?  Or perhaps just a different variety of Leylandii.

 

13 hours ago, Billhook said:

It was split by my Lockdown splitter three years ago into mainly 4 inch square x 16 inch.  It is bone dry but still heavy, there is absolutely no smoke coming from the stainless steel chimney.  It does not feel like pine, could it perhaps be a slower growth rate making it more dense?  Or perhaps just a different variety of Leylandii.

 

13 hours ago, Billhook said:

It was split by my Lockdown splitter three years ago into mainly 4 inch square x 16 inch.  It is bone dry but still heavy, there is absolutely no smoke coming from the stainless steel chimney.  It does not feel like pine, could it perhaps be a slower growth rate making it more dense?  Or perhaps just a different variety of Leylandii.

Certainly growth rate will affect timber density.  Usually leylandii grows incredibly fast.  But, there are many varieties of dwarf conifer which may or may not be a type of leylandii, so maybe.