Dogib12 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Does the age of a tree make a difference in the quality of charcoal?
dan999ification Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 in most cases no as long as it isn't rotten, for willow some prefer to use the new growth less than 2" thich. dan.
Seymour Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Yes. But it's not necessarily TOO big a difference. If you're after the highest grade BP for the "fastest BP competition" I'd get nice young shoots an inch or two in diameter. For anything else, you're hardly going to notice the slight drop in performance from using more ordinary bits of a species that makes good BP. Now if the tree has some serious age I can imagine there being potential problems in finding rot free, knot free wood in it.
oldguy Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Not so much about age.But, I have found bone dry wood is best.It also seems the wider the grain growth ring, the lighter & whiter the wood.Makes far more powerful BP charcoal.
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