Many people think that apple trees only have one purpose, which is the breed, to produce apples to eat, but apple trees also have other uses. One of those uses is as firewood. If you have a wood stove or fireplace, you know that certain types of wood are better for burning. The types of wood that are best for generating heat are dense woods that have a high BTU rating. Firewood is classified by its heat content per MBTU or million British thermal units and pounds of weight per dry cord of wood. One of the densest forests in existence is Osage Orange; is mbtu spleen for 1 cable is ~30 mbtu. White oak, another popular hardwood used for firewood, is rated around 28 MBTU and pine, a lightweight softwood, is rated around 15 or 20 MBTU. Wood from apple trees falls around the range of 25 MBTU per 1 cord of dry wood.

So from these numbers you can see that applewood is a dense word that contains a lot of energy that can be released when properly burned in a wood stove. Another characteristic of apple wood is that it is very fragrant when burned. This makes it a pleasant wood to burn because the smoke is not as unpleasant or acrid as it can be with other woods. Since it is so fragrant, apple wood is also commonly used to make natural incense and to smoke meats. If you have a smoker at home, applewood would make a great source of smoke. Burnt wood also produces a dense hardwood charcoal that can also be used for smoking or outdoor barbecues. Now that you are a soldier and you are growing apple trees for both fruit and wood, I bet you are wondering what kind of apple trees you should grow.

Bueno, es posible que tengas que cultivar algunos tipos diferentes de manzanos para satisfacer todas tus necesidades. Si prefiere una variedad de manzana en particular para comer, entonces, por supuesto, cultive esa variedad. Probablemente no podrá o no querrá cosechar mucha madera de sus manzanos para comer. Por supuesto, querrás podarlos y siempre puedes recolectar palos y ramas que caerán. These would be great for smoking or fragrance when they dry, but to really use an apple like firewood, you will have to grow a tree to maturity and harvest the entire tree. The most practical way to do this is to find a type of apple that grows very fast. It is known that Red Delicous, one of the apples to eat more common, is a fairly fast growth tree. When choosing a type of tree for firewood, it is important to select the standard or semidwarf apple variety. You don’t want to select the dwarf variety as they will produce very little wood for you. The tree will take years to mature up to a size in which it can be harvested, but if it plant a harvest every year after the first plantation, once the first harvest is ready to be harvested, it can reap another harvest every year after it’s. This way you will have an unlimited source of apple wood heat for your home.