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Pyromania in perpetuity with palm pieces parts

DoomsDave

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It’s that time again - in the northern hemisphere! - to sit around a roaring conflagration in the fireplace, maybe tell ghost stories or….?

 When you edit palms as I’m doing, or have people in your hood doing the same, you’ll end up with palm wood and pieces/parts, some of which pyromaniacs like more than others. 

Dried dead palm leaves make great kindling, along with equally desiccated petioles, but they can be a challenge to use sometimes. 

So, share your experiences and thoughts and questions!

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1 hour ago, DoomsDave said:

It’s that time again - in the northern hemisphere! - to sit around a roaring conflagration in the fireplace, maybe tell ghost stories or….?

 When you edit palms as I’m doing, or have people in your hood doing the same, you’ll end up with palm wood and pieces/parts, some of which pyromaniacs like more than others. 

Dried dead palm leaves make great kindling, along with equally desiccated petioles, but they can be a challenge to use sometimes. 

So, share your experiences and thoughts and questions!

I was making a fire the other day at a friends house and dried saw palmetto fronds were perfect flame fodder. In my experience too dry pygmy date palm trunk husk is good kindle. 

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Dry Trachycarpus leaves burn very fast. 

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1 hour ago, SeanK said:

Dry Trachycarpus leaves burn very fast. 

So do the trunk fibers!

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Parajubaea fibre is the best fire lighter.

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I take it you have seen the movie castaway (Tom hanks) marroned on the island burning coconut palm leaves discovering fire! 

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My property contained several mature deciduous trees such as ash and mesquite which are constantly shedding.  I burn almost weekly particularly after windy events of 30+ mph wind gusts like we had on Saturday with a cold front dropping our high temperature from 85°F to barely 60°F.  Good time to have a fire after the winds die down and the cold remains!

There's also a mature Washingtonia hybrid that drops spent fronds and inflorescences.  I usually use one as a starter and save one for later in case I need to get it going again.  Dried Livistona chinensis fronds are a bit larger and burn equally fast but other frond trimmings burn well too.  I scatter the ashes around the yard and add to mulch around palms.

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Here’s an Archontophoenix “beard” 6F19826D-C6B3-4765-9D77-B3FC3041EF44.thumb.jpeg.aca098535e9fddd53e7fa4f55c5f1687.jpegwith Conan for scale.

 

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Palm woods are NOT created equal. If your f-wood dealer offers “palm wood” for cheap, look carefully to be sure what it is, i.e., what kind of palm it’s from.

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21 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Here’s an Archontophoenix “beard” 6F19826D-C6B3-4765-9D77-B3FC3041EF44.thumb.jpeg.aca098535e9fddd53e7fa4f55c5f1687.jpegwith Conan for scale.

 

This is a good palm part for kindling; put dead leaves under, pieces of “beard” on top pile some small brunches pieces and use some Parajubaea or Trachycarpus fibers for starter kindling and strike a match and whoosh! Away you go!

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with a little help from my fronds (palm that is)

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2 hours ago, edbrown_III said:

with a little help from my fronds (palm that is)

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Yike!!! Hope you pulled that resin chair out of there!

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