Fresh cut apple

[packplantpath]

My parents have two dwarf apple trees in the yard. I recently heard mom mention that she wants to cut them down to re-route her driveway. The trunk is small, so splitting is easy. The question is, can you use branches of twig size or will they smoke and burn too much?

 

[richtee]

Use it all. I use pruning shears for the small stuff, cutting to like 4-5 inch chunks. Control the fire with the inlet damper and you'll be fine.

On edit; the really small stuff might be OK to use immediately, but you'll need to split and season the bigger stuff. If it's small, maybe 4-6 months...right into prime smoking time!

 

[packplantpath]

Just what I wanted to hear. Thanks.

 

[flash]

I lost a couple of Peach trees this year, I have used all of it from twigs to trunk.

 

[packplantpath]

Sounds good. Heck I might volunteer to help do moms yard work now.