This is some kind of mold? Rounds laying in my field where the trees were cut. Okay to bring in the house? Cut the ends off? Can anyone identify this? Thanks!
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Mold?
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Could use it for outside fires I suppose. Was just curious if anyone has ever seen this. it grew pretty fast and isn't on all the rounds just some.
Sorry for a whacky post, what I meant was, split, stack and burn. It ain't hurting nothing.
It gives off BTUs the same as the firewood.
Split it, stack it, throw it in the stove and forget about it. The mold and the wood will all look the same when it comes out of the stove.
Split it, stack it, throw it in the stove and forget about it. The mold and the wood will all look the same when it comes out of the stove.
Shawn Curry
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My GF helps me stack wood occasionally. After seeing various under-bark grubs and bugs in some of the pieces, I am forbidden from bringing it inside the house, unless it's going right into the fire. I don't even stack it up on the porch until the snow starts flying.
Shawn Curry
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Mold needs moisture to grow, gotta think the mold growth will halt once it's been split and dried.
bigbarf48
Minister of Fire
I've found that sweetgum rounds get that way real quick. CSS, won't be a problem
Good to know kukuna. Thanks! I just didn't want that in the house. I bring a large volume in the house at a time, about one face cord. Curious of others experience with this type of mold. Appreciate it.
If you don't understand it? Burn it.
Ha Ha I like that.
I wouldn't even think twice about CSS that wood.
was it there when you cut it? Is it blueish in color? Where was this tree? Looks like it may be iron scars from fence, nails, whatever... in that tree at some time. Let us know what you find when splitting it and be grateful your saw didn't find it.
If it started after the rounds were cut I have no clue other than it will burn!!
If it started after the rounds were cut I have no clue other than it will burn!!
It's fine for the house. I would not bring it in the house until you cut and stack it and let it season for 2 years.
nrford
Minister of Fire
It is a fungal stain. It occurs very quickly on the maples(you have Soft Maple) simple feed by the sugars in the wood, exposure to Oxygen, and high temps. It will not hurt a thing and will stop growing as wood dries.
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
Ram 1500 with an axe...
Minister of Fire
There's black mold too, it is attracted to the sugars in tree sap. It finds itself on splits that you have drying out in the open. A reason that I top cover wood piles. I think its mostly cosmetic. I dont know if the spores in the mold can lay dormant and regrow.
I use clorox for bleaching wood if Im using it for a project. Rinsed in water.
I dont think fungal stains can be removed.
I use clorox for bleaching wood if Im using it for a project. Rinsed in water.
I dont think fungal stains can be removed.
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