I posted before that I helped clear a very old windbreak of mature honeysuckle. They were easily 15' tall. A lot of the what I took for wood was smaller diameter stuff, but I ran across some in my stack that were about 6" diameter this morning, so I split a few. Even though they grow very twisted they split fairly easily, and the colors make them kind of purdy. Thought you guys, especially clemsonfor might like to see.
honeysuckle is hard to get rid of and grows fast. i had no idea it could get so big. how does it burn?
I was surprised how easily it splits. Of course they were small diameter Seems to put off some intense heat. An added feature is that the bark is kind of "hairy" so it lights up nice and quick.
My brother actually called me a few nights ago to tell me he had just burned some honeysuckle. He claims it burns hot and left some good coals. I would have never guessed it was any good.
I can get pretty big if left go When I cleaned out a section of my woods I cut it for firewood. Got about 5 -6 truckloads of the stuff and once dry it really is kind of nice to burn in the shop as it makes quick heat. Get a partial bucket of coals from the boiler and toss some honeysuckle in and within 15 minutes it's toasty warm in there. Don't know that I'd like it for normal stuff but in that application it works great. Might as well get some use out of the stuff as opposed to open burning. Plus the satisfaction of getting even with it.
I have burned a little Honeysuckle, and it was OK. It is hard to judge what it would be like if it were regular firewood sized, since mine were all small sticks no more than 4 inches in diameter.
wow! i had no idea it would get that big. i have tried to kill it by cutting it off at the ground and keeping it cut off for years and it will still come back. i have some here that is 2-3 inches thick and fairly straight that i might keep to burn now. i guess it dries quickly?
I pulled it all out with a backhoe and it digs out real easy. Once rooted up I cut all the sticks out and chipped or burnt the small stuff. Doing it this way allowed me to get all my dead ash out with ease. once that was done I leveled it all and seeded it. This is before the dead ash were taken out I have to tell you guys I am very surprised as the grass came in nice and very little honeysuckle has shown up. I figured the seeds in the ground would be everywhere and it would be green with it but so far basically nothing. I'll spray if needed but going top start planting trees i there this spring ....for someone else. This is the same view after all but 32 dead ash were taken out Utter devistation on this section.
honeysuckle is a weed in my woods along the creek. it is nice to think of it as fast growing firewood. to slow it down you have to destroy the roots as you have done. good work. when we grub the fence line it is usually just burnt in a pile. i never have had any big ones.
The area I pulled my honeysuckle from was cut then bulldozed, much like Kevin in Ohio did. I wouldn't call it fast growing. The wind break I harvested from was at least 40 years old if I remember correctly and the biggest was 6" to 8" in diameter. Very hardy though! I think clemsonfor said there are a couple different varieties so 1964 262 6 you might be talking about another type....butat be not too. I seasoned mine for two years since I didn't split them initially. I hope my buckthorn removal works as well as your honeysuckle removal worked kevin....I too was surprised how quickly grass took over.
