Black Walnut Firewood - Is It Worth It? (Plus Identification Tips)

In this video we walk through some tips for identifying Black Walnut trees, and then we dig into some of the uses of Black Walnut and whether or not it's worth it to use this wood for firewood.
Here's the link to the Black Walnut firewood BTU rating I mentioned: forestry.usu.edu/forest-produ...

[@tylerreese4251]

I don't know about what type of walnut you are burning but black walnut is great firewood. I heat my house all winter with firewood and I've never had any issues with black walnut. It splits pretty easy, seasons pretty quick, always burned nice and little smoke. Been burning it for years great wood.

[@garsense]

Since Black Walnut has similar leaf structure to some other trees like you mentioned, I always use the "crushed leaf smell" test for the final determination. It has a distinctive odor, however, unless you are already familiar with black walnut, this may not work for you.

[@burlybeaver6013]

Hi gl - I like that suggestion. It does have a distinctive smell.

[@MDR-hn2yz]

I’m burning some black walnut this year. It’s ok firewood. Definitely not my favorite, but it was from a storm damaged tree at my buddies house and it was free.
Aside from the beautiful wood, black walnut is really good for the critters. One reason I prefer to leave the trees to grow.

[@benhosinski5075]

I just bought a truckload of split wood and I'm pretty sure it is black walnut, or mostly black walnut. Had a little camp/cook fire this weekend and it burned really nicely, but I couldn't help thinking that I should be making some wooden spoons or something out of it!

[@burlybeaver6013]

Haha! Yeah, it burns nice, but in the back of your head there's always the thought of things you could have made with it. Enjoy the fire though!

[@762gunr]

I found dry/seasoned black walnut to smolder and smoke like green wood.

[@timothymontague9462]

My question is, does the smoke from black walnut bother people more with peanut allergies?

[@DominosDiesels]

Juglans nigra my favorite hardwood species on Long Island. Differentiating between that and Juglans cinerea is always fun. Carya, Fraxinus, Ailanthus genera seem to be commonly confused with this species.

[@burlybeaver6013]

The scientific names - very nice. How about using the terminal leaflet to determine the difference between Juglans Nigra and Juglans Cinerea?

[@DominosDiesels]

Burly Beaver haha yes! I call them the “big lobster claw” and “little lobster claw” and there colors are different as well.

[@danpost18]

To me walnut trees have a distinct order like really strong medicine

[@ericsutter8101]

Thank u!! Lol can u do video on honey locust and how to tell the difference between black locust and honey locust

[@burlybeaver6013]

Hey Eric - yeah, I’ll try to get one made on Honey Locust. In the mean time, one of the easiest ways to tell the difference between Honey Locust and Black Locust is the way the thorns grow. A Black Locust has two thorns at the base of the compound leaf, and honey Locust does not. I hope that helps for now :)

[@ericsutter8101]

@@burlybeaver6013 kinda lol. No rush and thanks you again for the videos

[@lsophial]

Excellent video. I have one Black Walnut tree, I was going to cut it because I read that it was is poisonous and can kill other plants including earthworms. The trees is about 8-9 years old, I planted from a seed. Now I am debating what Should I do with it, it is about 6 meters from my home. Do you have any advice to help me what to do with my Black Walnut tree? Thank you.

[@LuckyCJ]

I just paid a bunch of $$ to have a walnut tree removed from my property. They can become extremely large and once they start producing fruit your yard/property will become a bomb and mine field for 5 weeks in the fall. The nut husks will also stain everything it touches. As you can tell I am not a fan. Even if I had space and wanted a food producing tree I would choose much easier mast. The husk around the nut it terrible to deal with and laborious to get rid of and prep for storage

[@commonconservative7551]

call a arborist and see if the tree digger can extract it and buy it from you, maybe a deer/turkey farm wants it

[@dixieSMASH]

I have a ton of black walnut. And so many ash trees. I use ash as the starter wood and top it off with black walnut. Most all my ash is dead. Stupid bore beetles.

[@burlybeaver6013]

Yeah - the ol' Emerald Ash Borer has certainly done a number on Ash trees, hasn't it. The ash wood does burn nice though.

[@thebeachbeachboy]

They have sassafras candy to

[@jdirt1982]

Hey John I'm int the Ogden area and would like to find some black walnut trees for woodworking, can you find any on public ground ??? Without getting arrested.... Can you pint me in the right direction ??? Thanks

[@burlybeaver6013]

Hey Joe - I don’t believe Black Walnut trees grow in Utah, they’re at least not native to that area. So if you need to get some, I’m afraid you’ll either need to order some or take a trip out East.

[@commonconservative7551]

smoker chip walnut?

[@user-xs3sy9vt8c]

How long does it burn?

[@jacobilewis9603]

Good long time

[@hbhb8173]

How about the one on that horrible Cottonwood

[@fourbridgesolutions9435]

trees in 'this area'. Where is 'this area'?

[@andrerecker8952]

Long video for 3 seconds of ya it's OK to burn

[@eleanorroberts1886]

6 1/2 minutes to say it's fine to burn,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sheeeees

[@burlybeaver6013]

Hey Eleanor - sorry to hear you didn’t like the long windedness here. Hopefully there was still something you found useful or interesting in there. All the best.

[@eleanorroberts1886]

@@burlybeaver6013 Yes,,, it was helpful