whitewolf_573 Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) I have found a business that sells paulownia wood. But is not paulownia tomentosa nor paulownia elongata. Is a crossbreed between paulownia elongata and paulownia fortunei (paulownia elongata x fortunei) It is also lighweight like other paulownias, and grow very fast. They sell 1 m3 (250 - 350 kg / m3) for 70$ - 140$ (50€ - 100€) depending the shipping cost. As i quite near i think it would be in the lower side xd. I have seen that paulownia tomentosa , fortunei , and elongata are quite similar with same leafs, flowers and appearance. And i have read that the three are used for bp. At least fortunei is , as i had found a skylighter post talking of dragon tree (how is called paulownia fortunei) So i suppose a paulownia elongata x fortunei crossbreed should be as good as other paulownias for bp. Is only sold in m3 (250 kg to 350 kg depending density). But for the price i think i could give a try. Because i think it would be a very good charcoal, if it happens that is not the case of that variety, i can use it to cook goat willow xd. What do you think ? Edited April 3, 2014 by whitewolf_573
leedrill Posted April 3, 2014 Posted April 3, 2014 in my opinion i dont even know what genus / species of paulownia i use for my bp i just know where a lot of it is on properties of people i know i will say this no matter what genus it is it will be a damn site faster than any willow my bp previous to having paulownia that i cook my self seemed pretty slow no matter what i did it was very serviceable but paulownia is ruthless in comparison to the willow or vineyard i was using just my 2cents but if you have no other wood source that is in the fast list for bp than willow you wont be disappointed buying a m3 of it especially at that price
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