Stacked Longon wood will it get eaten by termites?

[TravelerEastWest]

Stacked Longon wood will it get eaten by termites?

 

I have about ten stacks of cut Longon wood on my farm in Chiang mai.

 

I may use them for fire wood for cooking - meanwhile I like the look of them - sort of rustic...

 

My wife told me there are lots of termites on our farm and they may eat all the wood!

 

Does dry wood survive termites better?

[worgeordie]

No , they are termite food.

regards Worgeordie

[Bobtheblob]

They will be eaten. 

[VocalNeal]

[2 is 1]

Use boric acid, but dont know if can still use for fire food after! Have huge termite problem also and one part of roof fell down coz termite's eat rafter's. But its really good fish food lol. Fish in pond love those termite nest's.

[TravelerEastWest]

Many thanks for the answers - although it was not good news!

 

Maybe I will just sell the wood...

 

I do have teak logs here and there on the farm and they are fine.

[TravelerEastWest]

I have decided to keep the wood as it looks good...

 

The money I would get is so small taht it was a better idea to keep the wood and maybe use it for cooking...

[farmerjo]

21 hours ago, TravelerEastWest said:

I have decided to keep the wood as it looks good...

 

The money I would get is so small taht it was a better idea to keep the wood and maybe use it for cooking...

What method of cutting the trees did you end up using?

When you say firewood do you mean fresh or making charcoal.

The pile my FILcut this year he is using fresh to boil bamboo for sale.

 

 

[TravelerEastWest]

5 hours ago, farmerjo said:

What method of cutting the trees did you end up using?

When you say firewood do you mean fresh or making charcoal.

The pile my FILcut this year he is using fresh to boil bamboo for sale.

 

 

We bought a 12 inch chainsaw and spent a week or so cutting many trees. Worked well. New sprouts are already growing. We kept a couple of smaller trees so we can have fruit for next year. I have given up selling longan as the prices are so low it is not worth it. Note my trees are about 45 years old and so big very few people wanted to climb up them to get the longan.

 

Interestingly we have younger rambutan that are smaller trees which are very easy to harvest.

 

Dried wood but not charcoal.

 

However, my in-laws use regular wood to cook and end up with charcoal which they then use to grill.