Drying time for poplar.

[Starstuff]

Yeah I am clueless. I dry poplar and pine two years. And even though it is moisture content wise burnable in six months to a year, you ain't gonna believe the burn time difference if you let it stay on the stacks longer. And that's my take.

I have no experience burning poplar, but agree with you 100% on pine. Last year I burned pine that was about 8 months dried, and it certainly caught and burned, but this year I've been burning a lot of it that has been drying for close to 18 months, and it is burning wonderfully.

 

[2broke2ride]

I meant no disrespect to anyone, was just trying to wrap my head around it all, I'll go back in my corner now.

 

[LocustPocust]

I dry poplar and pine two years. And even though it is moisture content wise burnable in six months to a year, you ain't gonna believe the burn time difference if you let it stay on the stacks longer. And that's my take.

Completely agree. I've burned BL after being seasoned for 7 months. It burned hot and clean but it threw no where near the heat it would have if It was seasoned at least a year. It was wood I was saving for this winter but I ran out of wood and needed it to heat the house this past MAY!

 

[LocustPocust]

I meant no disrespect to anyone

None taken my friend.

 

[BrotherBart]

I have no idea what happens with the stuff. But it hardens and burns hotter and longer the longer it stays on the stacks. Found it out when I didn't need it for an extra year and was afraid it would burn like newspaper. Wrong!

 

[LocustPocust]

"Crap" wood really is a different animal after years of seasoning compared to burning it ASAP isn't it? Back in the Spring I went hunting for some dry wood and I found a large Cottonwood limb that broke off during a storm. It was barkless and one end of it suspended off the ground. Perfect to take home and split and burn tonight! I don't know how long it was dead for but at least a few years. You'd think you were splitting dry BL. I couldn't believe how hard it split with the maul. Burned well though!

 

[billb3]

Yeah I am clueless. I dry poplar and pine two years. And even though it is moisture content wise burnable in six months to a year, you ain't gonna believe the burn time difference if you let it stay on the stacks longer. And that's my take.

I know I've gotten really spoiled with many years well seasoned wood. A moisture meter may be a great tool, but having old wood that you don't struggle with at all to make fire makes making fire incredibly easy.
It's like having a case of Chardonnay or any alcohol that improves with age and letting it age for another year or two. It was drinkable a while back but not like it is now.
You can't appreciate it until you've done it.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Yeah I am clueless. I dry poplar and pine two years. And even though it is moisture content wise burnable in six months to a year, you ain't gonna believe the burn time difference if you let it stay on the stacks longer. And that's my take.

I have a stack that was overflow which I put aside for next season. So I'll see what you are talking about next year. But when t comes to pine, I get splits of 7%. What good would another year do?