poplar

[cd233u]

i have been offered some poplar

is it worth having as fire wood

[Dan Earp]

Onced dried out itll burn quickly.

Its what matches are made out of 👍

[Bearded Munch]

I can think of a lot better.

[Stubby]

Onced dried out itll burn quickly.

Its what matches are made out of 👍

 

Not got a problem with pop . Got to KEEP it dry though as it is like a sponge if water is about . Makes good kindling too . I used the " they make matches out of it " thing on a similar thread once before and was shot down by a guy who said they use it to make matches because it doesn't burn quickly , and I can see his point . You would want it to burn slowly so you had time to light whatever you wanted to light with the match . In fact its the wax on the match that keeps it going . Any way I use it as fire wood and dry , its fine .

[predator]

its good stuff to use as get the fire going or get it out of its slumber etc i burn it as with the rest if its dry/seasoned burn it keeps the house warm

[Dan Earp]

Not got a problem with pop . Got to KEEP it dry though as it is like a sponge if water is about . Makes good kindling too . I used the " they make matches out of it " thing on a similar thread once before and was shot down by a guy who said they use it to make matches because it doesn't burn quickly , and I can see his point . You would want it to burn slowly so you had time to light whatever you wanted to light with the match . In fact its the wax on the match that keeps it going . Any way I use it as fire wood and dry , its fine .

 

Lol yes bud its the wax and i was stating a fact 😜 never did there was anything wrong with it lol

[Mortimer Firewood]

Just do a search and you will find a whole list of opinions on poplar.

If it's free take it and make up your own mind. Will always make good kindling.

[peatff]

Old poem about burning wood author unknown...

 

Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear

If the logs are kept a year;

Store your beech for Christmastide

With new-cut holly laid beside;

Chestnut's only good, they say,

If for years 'tis stored away;

Birch and fir-wood burn too fast

Blaze too bright and do not last;

Flames from larch will shoot up high,

Dangerously the sparks will fly;

But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown

Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.

 

Oaken logs, if dry and old,

Keep away the winter's cold;

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,

Fills your eyes and makes you choke;

Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,

E'en the very flames are cold;

It is by the Irish said;

Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread,

Apple-wood will scent the room,

Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom;

But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry

A King may warm his slippers by.

 

Anon.

[bigdave]

Old poem about burning wood author unknown...

 

Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear

If the logs are kept a year;

Store your beech for Christmastide

With new-cut holly laid beside;

Chestnut's only good, they say,

If for years 'tis stored away;

Birch and fir-wood burn too fast

Blaze too bright and do not last;

Flames from larch will shoot up high,

Dangerously the sparks will fly;

But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown

Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown.

 

Oaken logs, if dry and old,

Keep away the winter's cold;

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,

Fills your eyes and makes you choke;

Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,

E'en the very flames are cold;

It is by the Irish said;

Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread,

Apple-wood will scent the room,

Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom;

But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry

A King may warm his slippers by.

 

Anon.

 

wish I had a pound for every time a customer has quoted this poem to me!!!

 

always makes me laugh when I get a call from a new customer who`s just had a wood burner fitted they read the above poem & instantly become an expert on wood burning & only want ash firewood as that's the only wood which will burn!

lol

[Gary Prentice]

So what the firewood industry needs is someone with a poetic bent to make a new poem extolling how good leyland cypress, poplar and willow are for burning and they're be laughing!