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I need to take down a sick old weeping cherry tree. Rotted branches are falling off and the trunk split and thick sap was oozing out. Is the wood valuable to woodworkers if it is any good? Is it good in the stove?
Is it a yellowy color with fairly dark bark? If so, Is have some of it stacked that I picked up from the dump this summer. It felt like decent wood when I was processing it, for whatever it's worth.
Weeping cherry is an ornamental tree. It's a grafted tree. The main trunk is usually like sweet cherry or another ornamental cherry stock, then they graft the weeping cherry to that. In my experience it's normally not as good as black cherry. But btu's are btu's especially if it's in your yard
Good firewood. Weeping cherry has a short life, maybe 20 years. I cut ours down for firewood when it started dropping branches. A new tree grew from the stump, but it won't be long before it meets its end.
Good firewood. Weeping cherry has a short life, maybe 20 years. I cut ours down for firewood when it started dropping branches. A new tree grew from the stump, but it won't be long before it meets its end.
No doubt. I've got the top of the trunk where all the branches were. That is one knarly piece of wood. I also noticed that the lower sucker branches seemed to be different than the weeping part.
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