White Poplar as firewood?

A very common tree in our area, some people love it some hate it. Those who season it properly, like it for its long burn time.

[@ManSplittingWood]

Plenty of poplar over here in East Central Minnesota! Dried correctly it is a good wood. Good fire starter too with the paper birch. Thanks for sharing!

[@gagerawluk2949]

Agreed! Most people don’t dry it enough then say it’s junk and makes to much ash. Birch bark my favourite starter.

[@damnkids7192]

Same here in saskatchewan I cut green healthy poplar split and stack it and its good in a year.

[@gagerawluk2949]

Saskatchewan has some nice poplar, stacked when split green I find it goes hard nice wood.

[@ChampionFirewoodManitoba]

I burn poplar all the time and don't mind it at all. If it's what you have and what you can get, go for it. I live off grid in Canada so I can't afford to be a firewood snob!
I sell firewood as well and poplar is either hated or loved by people. Some request it, some don't want anything to do with it

[@gagerawluk2949]

@@ChampionFirewoodManitoba I agree if close by it’s a good choice. It’s funny with people, main thing have it nice and dry.
We sell a lot of it for people camping in the summer.

[@ChampionFirewoodManitoba]

@@gagerawluk2949 for sure. I stock poplar mainly for the few people who request it. We do sell more of it to people who run out of wood in winter and in that case they'll take anything

[@michaelgerard1806]

Thanks

[@gboz4245]

Only real manitobans know the value in white poplar aka Manitoba poplar . Stay away from the black poplar but white is excellent fuel.

[@TheDerek27]

it's Quaking aspen

[@gagerawluk2949]

Your a hardcore tree person if you know that.

[@wayneselph8778]

Popple not popular

[@ManSplittingWood]

And not good for cooking food over I heard. We do have some older birch trees where the base does look like quaking aspen though. Good eye @thederek27