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Author Topic: bamboo for firewood?  (Read 3527 times)

gainerspot

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bamboo for firewood?
« on: June 16, 2015, 06:51:27 PM »
Has anyone ever used bamboo for firewood in their OWB?  When I was slaving away cutting and loading wood, my wife asked me if we could use some bamboo in the OWB.
I told her that we could probable mix it in with some wood and I would ask the guys on here if anyone has any experience with bamboo,  It grows fast, would replenish itself in a short amount of time.

Thoughts???
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Re: bamboo for firewood?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2015, 07:38:17 PM »
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Re: bamboo for firewood?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2015, 07:39:06 PM »
I wouldn't take the gift of it but if it's in my yard I would rather burn it than to let it grow even if it is burned in a fire pit over a few adult beverages
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Re: bamboo for firewood?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2015, 08:59:38 PM »
Sweeps library says it only has 10 million btu per cord.  Probably wouldn't be worth your time to burn in a owb.  I'd be curious of your results though. 
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