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crackcrack30

What type of trees are being sold on this site for 2euro each? has any one done this? what diameter logs would be expected after say 5 years?

Thanks...

gazahayes

crackcrack30 wrote: »

What type of trees are being sold on this site for 2euro each? has any one done this? what diameter logs would be expected after say 5 years?

Thanks...

Think they're a type of hybrid poplar supposed to grow around 8 foot per year and cut after 7 years. Bought a few last year still have to plant them out

locky76

crackcrack30 wrote: »

What type of trees are being sold on this site for 2euro each? has any one done this? what diameter logs would be expected after say 5 years?

Thanks...

I did a google on them and wasn't overly impressed with what I read.
I have talked to Teagasc also and what the company are stating doesn't stack up...

roiphil

Poplar, your just as well off to get some cheap poplar, its teh same, google firewood4free

crackcrack30

wow.... Saw the utube clip, theyed want to be well back from a building or road.......whats it like to burn?

roiphil

Some info on poplars, this is USA but stil relevant hybridpoplars.com/heat.htm

vicwatson

Is that website address correct? I tried www.growyourownfirewood.com but no such thing???

vicwatson

Actually it's www.growfirewood.com for anyone interested

Blackcurrants

I looked into this last year and it definitely was too good to be true. Firstly Poplar is light, fast burning with a low heat output as with most low density timber. When i searched for this website initially i came across another site that claimed that these guys had basically borrowed their idea and most of their stock and set up a similar company and pushed them out. That site is not there anymore. Also that that "hybrid" species is actually just black poplar. Who knows who to believe but why would you go to all the trouble of putting up a site like that if there wasn't some truth behind it. Lots of other species copice well and give much better firewood. It's a nice idea and is why i looked into it in depth but again I don' think it stakes up.

taxusbaccata

This couple in Cork are big fans of poplar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27smQGwvAqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omk0dfyP5Ro

recedite

taxusbaccata wrote: »

This couple in Cork are big fans of poplar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27smQGwvAqU

Whats the point in gathering those sticks? He gives them away... if he can find anyone to take them that is

I planted some hybrid willow, hybrid poplar, and eucalyptus. All very fast growing, but the willow is too bushy and the wood too spongy to be any use.
The eucalyptus is looking good, nice thick trunks and and the wood is dense. Poplar I'd say is halfway between the two.

memorystick

I have ditches full of furze which I am cutting out. It's a slow tedious job and I will spray the regrowth when they emerge. What should I plant that can be harvested for fuel in years to come? All suggestions welcome and appreciated.

pedigree 6

memorystick wrote: »

I have ditches full of furze which I am cutting out. It's a slow tedious job and I will spray the regrowth when they emerge. What should I plant that can be harvested for fuel in years to come? All suggestions welcome and appreciated.

I did the same as you.
I sowed eucalyptus trees (don't ask me what variety they were. One was a round leaved and one a long leaved. The long leaved is growing slightly faster).
But I bought them off these people in the ploughing match.
http://www.dplant.ie/Eucalyptus.htm

I also sowed some popular trees and they're ok but need a few years to get going.

Then I also sowed some sycamore from seeds from trees already on the farm.

If I was to rate them for early growth it would be
1. Eucalyptus.
2. Popular.
3. Sycamore.

However if you want shelter as well it would be.
1. Sycamore.
2. Popular.
3. Eucalyptus.

They were more of a trial to see how they'd get on more than anything else.
But i'm thinking of sowing more eucalyptus trees on another ditch.
However and this would have to be taken into account is our likely return to colder conditions for winter for the next maybe 5 years and the winter hardiness of eucalyptus. But according to Dplant they learned a lot about which varieties are hardy after our 2009 and 2010 winters.

memorystick

Can you remember how much each plant cost? Also, is white thorn viable to grow for fuel?

pedigree 6

memorystick wrote: »

Can you remember how much each plant cost? Also, is white thorn viable to grow for fuel?

I only bought a few trays.
Sorry I forget how much they were. Can't have been that much.

White thorn wouldn't really be suitable. Used more for stockproof hedging.
You must know about white thorns yourself though.
We call them sceachs down here.

memorystick

Thanks for the info. If a farmer managed their ditches, I wonder how much fuel could they grow?