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02-05-2014, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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black Poplar
Is there anyway a guy could season this wood to get it to burn good in a wood stove. The only reason I am asking is because I can get it right out my front door.
I know there are way better types of wood to burn. 
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02-05-2014, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Split and stack it in a covered, well ventilated area. Do you not have time to season it?
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02-05-2014, 12:16 PM
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Montreal wood spice works well. or there are some great dry brine recipes if you plan to smoke it. Hope this helps.
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02-05-2014, 12:21 PM
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What are you calling black poplar?Cottonwood?If so that stuff is wet,heavy and stringy but 1/4`d and drypiled for a year it burns.Normal poplar is great stuff,same thing,split and drypiled.It is hardwood after all.I burned tons of it in Dawson Creek,dry it gives good heat and low ash.
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02-05-2014, 12:23 PM
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Just fed some into the stove.  Won't dry unless you split and shelter it and then doesn't burn worth a damn. I've been burning it along with some dry spruce and it works.
Grizz
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02-05-2014, 12:29 PM
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As Grizzly said, split it and pile OUT of the rain and moisture but then it's only good if burned with white poplar or birch. Hard to get any heat out of it and takes forever to dry, like two years. Took a lot out at the lake to build a garage and I tried to give a bunch away already cut up-- no one came for the free black poplar !!!
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02-05-2014, 12:34 PM
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Kinda like Bullpine here.Dry, it burns but it ain`t great.-30 here today and I`m burning Larch and Fir.Now THAT stuff pumps the heat boy!
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02-05-2014, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Thanks for all the info. I have cut and split some and let it dry for a year in the shop. I will try mixing it with better wood. I guess I was hoping for a magical way of making it burn better.  It sure would be nice if it did burn better. I got enough to last a lifetime.
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02-05-2014, 01:51 PM
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I use the same terminology as you.....white poplar and black poplar. Black poplar should be okay to burn if you've had it dry in a wood shed. It's like a sponge and soaks up moisture easy. I don't think that you get much out of it buy way of BTU's for heat. I only burn it in my campfire when I've got nothing else to burn.
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02-05-2014, 07:37 PM
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Had a bit at home and was not impressed. It burns okay in the firepit with enough diesel.
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