Pecan wood popping embers

[eastover53]

Pecan pops when it’s green.

Hackberry will burn the house down.

Hedge will get the whole block.

[oktx]

Pecan pops when it’s green.

Hackberry will burn the house down.

Hedge will get the whole block.

lol

[RR 314]

You would think a week in Lubbock would be enough to dry it out.

[Playa]

You would think a week in Lubbock would be enough to dry it out.

You would think! It’s been sitting split on a wood rack in nearly full sun since October and aside from a little 2” snow eve had no moisture this fall

[SaltwaterSlick]

You would think! It’s been sitting split on a wood rack in nearly full sun since October and aside from a little 2” snow eve had no moisture this fall

That ain't near enough for it to dry completely. I bet if you took a piece of it and split it again then checked the new surface with a moisture meter it would be significantly above 20% (absolute maximum moisture content recommended). Get as big a piece as you can and try that. If you don't have a moisture meter, get one! Everyone who burns wood inside their house should have a meter and check it regularly... Just because wood has been cut a while, it doesn't mean it is "dry" and certainly not aged...


A log that has slipped the bark loose is not necessarily dry. It must be split and checked to really determine how dry it is...

[oktx]

Better get your chimney cleaned if you’ve burnt a bunch of that green wood. It will make a ton of creosote.

[TKC]

Pecan pops when it’s green.

Hackberry will burn the house down.

Hedge will get the whole block.

This was gold!

[Ætheling]

Pecan pops when it’s green.

Hackberry will burn the house down.

Hedge will get the whole block.

Hackberry will burn the house down in terms of throwing embers or burning hot?


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[dphillips62]

pecan

1) Little Green - most likely case
2) Tree was struck by lightening - my pops and grandpa swear that a lightening struck tree isn't good for fireplace...will burn the whole house down with sparks, pops, if left unattended. - I don' know....maybe this is not old farmer tell....I do know pops isn't fighting me for the wood off a lightening struck oak we have, saying it won't be burned in his fireplace!

^^^^^ this plus if it has been rained on recently it will pop
I burn a ton of pecan every year

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

I made the mistake of dropping some juniper into a fire pit. It looked and sounded like July 4th.
Won't do that again.

[Pstraw]

Elm will do the same thing.

[W-O]

Sounds like "crazy wood" ie. struck by lightning. I have a pecan tree that was struck by lightning many years ago and any limbs from it burned give a light show popping and sparking.

[eradicator]

You would think! It’s been sitting split on a wood rack in nearly full sun since October and aside from a little 2” snow eve had no moisture this fall

Pecan takes a year and a half or better to cure.....

[Rubi513]

Sounds like "crazy wood" ie. struck by lightning. I have a pecan tree that was struck by lightning many years ago and any limbs from it burned give a light show popping and sparking.

That’s an old wives tale.

[eradicator]

And I would never burn pecan in my house, seasoned oak only...