My mother has a sapling she wants me to take and transplant to my yard but I'm not sure what it is. Any ideas? The leaves remind me shagbark.
I agree with Eric VW and say no!-Walnut has decent btu's but is ashy as h*ll-to me-its below mid-grade-I'd say thanks but no thanks-I'll plant it on a hillside for you mom but not a hoarder desrired product-thats just me...fwiw
I didn't know that about walnut, wish I knew before I cut two cords of it, looked like it would be good.
Are the twigs fuzzy? If so I think it might be staghorn sumac. They can look very similar when young. Young walnut leaves often have a 'wrinkly' texture - like your fingertips after you've washed some dishes. The fuzzy twigs would be a dead giveaway though.
I will have to look closer at the twigs to see. In either case I won't take it. She saved it in case I wanted to transplant it. It was a volunteer tree that is really pretty nice and straight but I have a walnut on my lot and one is enough, and I'm not interested in sumac either. If it were a shagbark I'd transplant it. If I were to transplant something like this, would fall be a decent time to try to move it? I always seems when I try to move something like this, no matter how hard I try, it ends up with little or no soil around the roots. Thanks guys for the info.
That's true, but so does walnut. Young trees often have oversized leaves, so they can capture the limited sunlight at the forest floor. I thought I could see some fuzz on the stem, but then again it could be the focus of the camera. Fall is probably the best time for transplanting; then the roots have a little time to recover before the next growing season.
All firewood produces ash, and the amount of ash produced has just as much to do with combustion conditions as it does the species. The higher the temperature, the more complete the burn, therefore less ash produced. Properly seasoned wood should produce less ash than wet wood, FWIW.
There are a lot of lesser BTU woods being burned out there. You'll be fine with your walnut! I've never really paid attention to how ashy it is. I may just be happy that it's not soft maple! A fella can get worn out feeding a fire of soft maple if the stack is more than 15' away! I also enjoy the smell of a walnut fire every now and then!
Not sure I totally agree with this Pete. We've burned lots and lots of soft maple over the years and will in the future too. I think we cut up maybe 8 trees of it last winter too. No, it won't hold a night fire as long as oak but it is hard to beat burning during the daytime hours. But then, we've also stocked the stove with all soft maple at night several times and never froze.
Sorry, I agree whole heartedly on the not holding a fire. The wood just doesnt have it in like many other harder woods. Wasn't tryin' to say it doesn't have it's place, but there is much better stuff out there. It's great shoulder season wood! Perhaps I wasn't descriptive enough. I sure don't think that soft maple shouldn't be a part of your CSS wood. I was just sayin' it's not ideal. I sure do fill the stove more often with the softer stuff. I hope I cleared up our misunderstanding!! My bad!
You probably aren't going to offend anyone around here. everyone has their good/marginal/bad experiences with wood species. Dennis has been doing it longer than most of us collectively and has sage advice. We all live in different micro-climates so seasoning times vary and the wood needed/consumed will vary greatly.
Thanks basod! It's July 8th and 55 degrees and terribly damp here in Illinois. I'm burning soft maple now! We aren't sure if this is our last fire or our first of the year! Agreed with Dennis's experience and sage! He is one of many that I follow his advice on FHC! Dennis, I hope we simply misunderstood each other!
You're burning wood inside? in July? it's still 86F here at 1900CST, I may light my outdoor fireplace and cannonball in the pool this evening
Cannonball Away! I wasn't kidding. 55 and damp as could be. The pic of the fire was taken about 5 minutes before posted. Forecst is for 90*F on Saturday! As much as I love a good fire I LOVE SUMMER! Enjoy the dip in the pool! I'm jealous!
Good point. For whatever reason silver maple is my main shoulder season wood, while ash and elm is my better wood.
It was a record cold AM this morning in Milwaukee. I still rode my motorcycle to work today. It was 51 this morning.
