Birch wood logs

[thedragonslapper]

I saw these on sale for 75 cents each at a local WalMars and was wondering if they are tarantula safe?

 

[viper69]

If I recall correctly Birch is fine, but you may have issues with molding- which isn't an issue exactly, but many owners come back here paranoid about mold.

 

[The Snark]

If I recall correctly Birch is fine, but you may have issues with molding- which isn't an issue exactly, but many owners come back here paranoid about mold.

Yups. Birch, the softest of common hardwoods, is very susceptible to mold. It is considered an interim species used in recovering destroyed watershed in that is grows very rapidly and cut down and left on the soil quickly breaks down and contributes to the detritus. Also used as a remedial material for soils contaminated by pine trees.

(Off fire season they roped a bunch of us fire fighters to go in and cut down a birch forest in preparation for a replant of redwood trees. Then some of us got the job of tree planters. Job security!)

 

[viper69]

Yups. Birch, the softest of common hardwoods, is very susceptible to mold. It is considered an interim species used in recovering destroyed watershed in that is grows very rapidly and cut down and left on the soil quickly breaks down and contributes to the detritus. Also used as a remedial material for soils contaminated by pine trees.

(Off fire season they roped a bunch of us fire fighters to go in and cut down a birch forest in preparation for a replant of redwood trees. Then some of us got the job of tree planters. Job security!)

Yep I used to own a lot of birch trees among others

 

[The Snark]

Yep I used to own a lot of birch trees among others

Unreal how fast they grow. Unfortunate they are a nuisance plant that inhibits other native trees from growing. <Expletives deleted> forest service spends a lot of time spraying herbicides by helicopter on birch regrowths. Then in comes the lumber industry and plants pines! Fast growing pulp wood at the expense of poisoning the soil. Birch is undesirable as a pulp wood due to how much fungicides the paper mills have to use,

@viper69 Your chuckle, full circle. And I happened to be working ER when a local pulp mill got their valves mixed up and allowed fungicide into the potable water. Around 60 mill workers turned up around 01:00 for blood and urine tests and observation. The coffee machine....