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What’s the point of growing Alder?

  • 16-11-2022 7:51am
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    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭ blue5000


    I don’t have a lot of it, it was planted at the edge of conifers perhaps as shelter or for cosmetic reasons. It was also planted on some small really wet areas where perhaps birch or willow would have been better. But now the tallest ones are all leaning off into the conifers. I wonder should I cut them down before they damage the conifers?

    What can the Alder wood be used for, I think it doesn’t rot in water so stakes or strainers in a bog might be an option, but need a bit more googling on this.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭ blue5000


    Thanks Tim, they are not too big yet, charcoal is another use for them too!

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭ timfromtang


    I've made charcoal with Alder, It makes light charcoal that burns really evenly, ideal for BBQ, but for metallurgy or forging, less than ideal.

    tim



  • Registered Users Posts: 888 ✭✭✭ DukeCaboom


    I think if u plant it along a riverbank its great because its roots are so long and stops erosion.



  • Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭ Nosler


    Back in the day alder charcoal was the best charcoal for making gunpowder...

    I've planted a lot, it grows well, however it doesnt really have an economic value.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭ cavellaria


    Another DAFM gem.

    Apparently very useful in underwater restoration works....



  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭ blue5000


    I suppose I could use it in a bog as a foundation for a road to get the good timber out🤔

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭ timfromtang


    its more valuable for firewood than spruce pine or fir....

    tim



  • Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭ drive it


    Why isn't it used for stakes and strainers if it lasts in wet area's, as for the stuff that's going now you'd be lucky to get 3-5 years out of some stakes , and with them baning creosote stakes from next year there could be an opening



  • Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭ cavellaria


    Yes, and therow in 5 or 6 Forest Service Inspectors to pad it out.



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