green holly

[gaz1210]

hi all, has anyone had any experience burning green ash?

all i can find on the internet about it is that poem that says it burns like wax and that it should be burnt green, any more help please?

[slasherscot]

hi all, has anyone had any experience burning green ash?

all i can find on the internet about it is that poem that says it burns like wax and that it should be burnt green, any more help please?

 

to be honest i think that poem was meant for wood burning on top of coal.......all wood needs to be dried down 20% or better to get the best result

 

cut split and in shed asap

[gaz1210]

hi cheers i thought so it just seams strange that some people say you can and others dont, im not convinced myself either!

[s.varty]

hi all, has anyone had any experience burning green ash?

all i can find on the internet about it is that poem that says it burns like wax and that it should be burnt green, any more help please?

 

Im confused:confused1: On your thread it says "green holly" and you ask about burning green ash. The poem you have quoted is about burning holly. As for burning green ash people tell me its great on log burners, but saying that a customer of mine has burnt green willow on his.

[Martyn Amos]

hi mate

i cut some large limbs off a ash tree about 2 months ago and i am burning it now

on an open fire?

[Paul honeybun]

A poem i once heard was " Ash dry or ash green will warm the feet of any queen" cant remember where i heard it. We have burnt a fair bit of green ash in the past on an open fire seemed fine to me.

[Bolt]

Where I zz dragged up vrom, tes zed to be viddy bad luck to vell a olly.

 

(Where I was raised, it is considered to be very bad luck to fell a holly).

 

I have come across farmers, and even old utility boys who refuse to touch them.

 

I, on the other hand, consider it worse luck if you fell a blackthorn.

[Bolt]

course, all free wood is good wood in my book (and I season it by having the heater on full blast as I drive it home).

[Lancstree]

I've been burning green ash to supplement the limited dry wood I have at the moment and it burns really well. You don't seem to get the sizzling sound that other green wood makes either. My moisture meter reads around 33% for green ash which is quite low compared to some other wood.

[Martyn Amos]

I've been burning green ash to supplement the limited dry wood I have at the moment and it burns really well. You don't seem to get the sizzling sound that other green wood makes either. My moisture meter reads around 33% for green ash which is quite low compared to some other wood.

 

i agree,ive been burning green ash[the day it was cut]

and it dont make a sound when burning

its easy to split and seems to be bone dry

well it burns well for me anyway [open fire]