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Can I use this applewood for smoking?

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bigguy136
bigguy136 Posts: 1,362
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My parents have a crab apple tree that is about 35 years old. Last year there was something that started attacking. The tree is full of green leaves but didn't produce one apple this year. Looking at it, it's full of holes. I'm assuming the tree will be dead by next summer. With all of the bugs that are in it or came and went, should I use the wood for smoking? Did the bugs suck all of the sugars from it?

Thanks

Big Lake, Minnesota

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  • Gamecockeggman
    Gamecockeggman Posts: 1,329
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    Can't answer on the bugs, but a woodpecker had a blast.  Dry it cut it and burn it.  
    Go Gamecocks!!!
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    It looks like sap sucker holes instead of insect damage. Thus, the wood is fine for smoking either way. 

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    The culprit.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    edited August 2015
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    Sap suckers work over trees like that all the time. I bet this time next year it'll be just as green as it is now. 
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • golfguyjosh
    golfguyjosh Posts: 196
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    If you want to keep them off the tree hang tinsel on it. Birds HATE TINSEL 
    Jacksonville, FL
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