Shagbark
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Have the opportunity to cut some mulberry. Is it worth cutting for firewood?
No, those other guys don't know what they're talking about. Mulberry is no good at all. Just leave it where it is and don't touch it. Just tell me where it is and I'll come and haul it away for you.
I've tried burning it several times and was disappointed. I know it's a cousin to hedge but it needs some serious cure time. The first time I tried it I had a huge 100 year old tree. It took me for ever to split it up. I let it cure in the sun and open air all summer and I was very dissappointed in how it burned. The next tree was smaller and I let it cure for a full year and it still didn't burn that great. I have a 1/2 cord of it right now curing and if I come across some more I will probably take it but I'm not expecting great things from it.
IMO it has a little better reputation that it deserves. I think its just to wet of a wood.
I've burned quite a bit also and have had different results.I've tried burning it several times and was disappointed. I know it's a cousin to hedge but it needs some serious cure time. The first time I tried it I had a huge 100 year old tree. It took me for ever to split it up. I let it cure in the sun and open air all summer and I was very dissappointed in how it burned. The next tree was smaller and I let it cure for a full year and it still didn't burn that great. I have a 1/2 cord of it right now curing and if I come across some more I will probably take it but I'm not expecting great things from it.
IMO it has a little better reputation that it deserves. I think its just to wet of a wood.
Have the opportunity to cut some mulberry. Is it worth cutting for firewood?
Previously when I said it took forever to split I meant because it was a huge tree and I did it by a splitting maul and wedges. It's not a bad splitting wood. Right now I have it stacked on concrete. I'm sure once it gets dried down to 20% moisture it will burn fine.
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