Rainbow Poplar! What makes it colorful??

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[@jeffreybishop9478]

The Tulip Poplar in colonial times was known as the “tree of friendship”. Because its ease of working with, large diameter, straightness, grows fast, Poplar syrup is as good as maple syrup and a great shade tree.

[@jeffreybishop9478]

Do you sell your poplar syrup? If so can I buy some?

[@YT512llc]

Emerald, thank you for making this video "as always" to you! I don't know if we have any Poplar on our property, rainbow or otherwise, but I am definitely going to ask my forester next time I speak with him. If you were a professor at a college everyone would want to take your classes. You would be very, very "Poplar" to say the least.

[@jimbog8327]

Even though I’ve been in the flooring game in Australia for the last 30 years, I’m still mesmerised by the different colours and grains found in timber. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@davidbenner2289]

My second floor of my house has cypress wood from Australia.

[@jimbog8327]

@@davidbenner2289 One of my first jobs as a young fella was working in a Cypress sawmill. Still one of my favourite Timbers.🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ssprofirewood]

What a cool video! I had not heard of rainbow poplar, but those are some beautiful boards.

[@thorhammer6040]

Can you seal it to stop it from fading?

[@tomjohnson4922]

oh wow... don't think I've ever seen that before. Now what can you use that for without covering up the color?

[@ronpeer7975]

That wood looked purple in color. Pretty cool looking.

[@jamersgto]

Question professor, What makes some of the boards y’all cur bow or curve?? Thank you for all you do!! (I mean that to you n your whole family)

[@bluenetmarketing]

Poplar is my favorite. Have you considered selling small bottles of your sawdust as merchandise? I'd buy some, and make a collection of the different woods.

[@oldie4210]

Not rot resistant although we used it as flooring in the livestock barns. It had to be off the ground, Once it had been in there for years it was almost impossible to drive a nail through it without a drilled hole. The rumor was the that the livestock urine and stool is what turned it into armor. In northern bc canada they are called "bams" as that is what you hear in the bush during windstorms as the mature ones would rot from the pith out.

[@rustyrobinson8027]

I have nothing but good to say about this family thanks everyone ❤

[@dieterkoch6563]

60 years ago my shop owner had a kitchen of solid poplar doors-quite spectacular! And he had the choice of any exotic wood, like pecky cypress, wormy chestnut, Brazilian rosewood etc. etc.

[@mrkrause3]

It’s true. My shop has cabinet doors of all poplar too. They are not stained….just clear coated. I love the colors!

[@pscheidt]

Smart move! Scooping sawdust while waiting for the cant.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Nice job Emerald. With the right coating, it could show as an exotic hardwood from half way around the world. I hope an artist/craftsman woodworker take advantage of those slabs. I would have cut the slabs live edge. It's 'specials' like this when you really need a thickness planer to show it off.

[@vincentcampbell8432]

such an admirer of your whole endeavor here. please give some love to basswood,the carvers favorite.i use this all the time. if you were a source,i would gladly use you!

[@jeffcoler3104]

Do the colors stay or do they fade out?

[@georgecrinnion2131]

Imagine if you would stabilize those colors.

[@geraldhandy2589]

Very interesting. Did not know that about poplar. Always learning something new from you all. Still waiting to hear the Boss Man talk about gratitude. MEMENTO VIVERE!

[@rexwoodall2179]

I’ve only seen poplar after it’s dried so it was a treat to see all these colors. I never knew so thanks for the scenic tour. Nice video.

[@Grunt49]

Love to watch your family!

[@michaelnorman4476]

QUESTION? Is there a way to stain or treat the wood so that it will keep its color?

[@56Spookdog]

Beautiful specimen to bad it doesn’t retain the vibrancy.

[@lowrangeoverland9013]

Great footage as always and some nice milling too.❗💯🔥🚙🇺🇲🌲🌲

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

137,000 subscribers can't be wrong. Em & Jade are the Bomb! What happened to Sam?

[@anthonyricard7458]

Moved to Minnesota

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

sami and the older brother the tree cutter wanted timeframe out north and wesr.

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

@@mrwaterschoot5617 But do they know the words to, The Lumberjack's Song?

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

@@bennyboogenheimer4553 sorry i don't know either. but is like jack jack daniels i guess. or jack nicholson as a viet cong prisoner of war name jack jack who? jack meoff. that is what in movie. poor l i bet these lumber capital log yard lumber jills can out work some lumber jacks. lean mean working machines.

[@michaelmangold1358]

Beautiful color nice video girls

[@blackhorse2947]

As a woodturner I have seen and turn so many of these very unique woods. Purple and Yellow Heart. The Hawaii Rainbow is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this video

[@paulc.4211]

Thanks for the informative video. That wood is quite colorful. Thanks Emerald & Jade

[@rustyrobinson8027]

thanks to the channel members 👍

[@bartmacaluso]

It must be fantastic at its most radiant. Also, your eyes are always fantastic and radiant Emerald! Keep up the good work you all. 😎🤙

[@chipwhitely1490]

Simply Beautiful .I thank you.

[@davidanalyst671]

Suns out guns out, Emerald!!! i bet you guys are glad for the great weather

[@pgadams1]

Wow! What a treat! Tks

[@anthonyricard7458]

Poplar grows tall and straight in the swamp where I was born in South Carolina. Very strong wood and pretty too. Thanks for sharing ladies and have a great evening. TTFN

[@YT512llc]

Our freshwater wetland swamps are protected so it would be difficult to harvest them without a helicopter.

[@davidkettell6236]

When i was a teenager in England Poplar was grown as a wind break . Fast growing and straight. . At the end of our Rugby field were 10 poplars each about 20 feet apart and 60 feet tall. Not sure of their age but all were at least 6 feet diameter at the base.

[@ProjectNJ]

I like your videos, one suggestion, you should start each video and say your name " Hi this is Emerald from Lumber Capitol ....." Keep up the good work

[@johngross8300]

Always a wonderful watch. . . Soothing mostly, calms my Man Mind the industry, artistry.

[@davidtucker3008]

On another video I mistakenly called emerald 'erin' by mistake. Sorry emerald, I still want to marry you if only I were young again...(sigh)...

[@kerrypurcell6022]

this happens here where i live,,minerals in the ground color the wood,, doug fir, desert cedar , beautiful colors,,

[@richardcollins6592]

Wow that's beautiful!! Did you say the colors don't stay?? Even if you poly it??

[@dennishinkle5010]

Poplar is so beautiful and it's a great wood for furniture. I use some in woodworking. An excellent video and very entertaining thank you ladies.👍♥️♥️

[@bushcraftjoe1]

That was pretty cool colors . Great job as always

[@josephchampaign2683]

I'm currently building a TV Cabinet with Rainbow Poplar. I bought my material from Jubilee Specialty Wood Products here in Mobile Alabama. The base has a little color, some purple and green. The top is beautiful with purple, yellow and green. It looks great. Thank for explaining this Wood.

[@benjamincresswell3713]

In Michigan we have Choke Cherry Trees. They grow real nice and straight. I have seen some all of 20 inches in diameter at the trunk, and over 50 feet tall. When I heated with wood, I cut down a lot of different kinds of trees but Choke Cherry was always my favorite. Fresh cut it smells really neat and sometimes it is just breath takingly beautiful in color. Rich Burgundy, Deep Purple and often very solid Red. The smoke smelled sweet, a lot different from acrid strong Oak, Hickory or Maple. It didn't have the btu of Oak or Hickory but it was as good as White Birch & Silver Maple. It dried easily and burned very well. Nice video Em, thank you for showing Purple Popple wood. ben/ michigan

[@andyb8501]

What about a side channel doing reaction videos ? Could be fun.

[@jeffpetrimoulx6806]

Beautiful, that would make some striking stuff

[@jamesskorupa8694]

Can you preserve that amazing color? Have you ever cut a rainbow poplar log when it was dried out? Asking because a wood worker would want the color to remain in a project. Does sealing it preserve the color? Just wondering if you know.

[@mikegoddard7581]

Depends on the soil it grows in if you get the mineral colors..usually Rocky areas cause it

[@Mr1fish2fish]

The diminishing of the rainbow popular would seem to me to be because it is being depleted from the environment from logging with reckless disregard for its recovery, and its reproduction would be being diminished causing its extinction if law does not take place. Caution. You will have to diminish their logging, or scale the logging back to not take more than 1/3 of the prospective trees of the rainbow poplar variety among any variety of harvested trees, to try and be sure that a 1/3 harvest results in a 2/3 recovery. And then a harvest of 1/3 of that 2/3ds should recover to be 1 as it was before it started, if not more than 1 (>1) being harvested at the 1/3 rate, and perhaps even the recovery would be enough to take 1/2 again and then leave the 1/2 standing to recover and then 1/3 again ad infinitum. A tree should have to be a certain diameter for its species before it can be harvested. Managing sustainment is pretty stickily for a science.

[@kennethnevel3263]

I sawed some very large poplar years ago , some of the boards were 18" wide with lots of color , purple, green , yellow , very nice looking boards . Another wood with lots of color is shumack if one can find trees big enough to saw some small boards from , 6" to 8" or larger . I always like to fell the big poplars in the woods.

[@arkansas1336]

As a sience project gather a few acids and expose the various colors to them as you try to identify the wood's mineral content. Let us know in a few months/years what you discovered.

[@FantaconeBoxWorksCBG]

I always look for the colored Poplar for the necks of the cigar box guitars I build. I had no idea they grew like that and figured it was bad wood because no one seemed to buy it. Thanks for wood lesson.

[@kennethnevel3263]

There is a market for 7 foot and 14 foot poplar boards for the casket industry , so a log less than 8 foot is still can be sawed . I have sawed some 7 ' logs for boards for caskets .

[@woutmoerman711]

Rainbow poplar, what a woke nonsense!! 😂 thanks for this great video, very informative!

[@davidanalyst671]

that colorful poplar grew like a spring. every time you cut it, it basically jumps off the mill. good luck building a building with the bend like that

[@halfcirclehranch6877]

Have you ever tried some kind of sealer on pieces of rainbow poplar to see if you can preserve the color? I bet you could sell just pieces of it like that as natural artwork.

[@samTollefson]

Poplar is a wonderful, stable wood to work with. If you don't care for the greenish/bluish colors a simple wash with Oxolic acid will turn them a rich warm brown.

[@trevortoop5166]

This streaking turns a beautiful brown with exposure to light.

[@Urbicide]

I have seen some interesting red coloration inside of some box elder. The color fades rather quickly once it comes into contact with the air.

[@timkirkpatrick9155]

If you ever get the chance to cut lilac really old wood, it is amazing, color and fragrance.

[@paulfowler3416]

Wow, that is impressive wood colouring, shame it fades.

[@WhiskeyDale]

that thumbnaail is a great picture of you. Please teach Jade how to smile like that. 🙂

[@kennethnevel3263]

I always liked to fell the big poplars in the woods , usually very tall . I fell one that was 3 feet or bigger on the stump and I stepped it off 90 feet tall to the first limb at 8" and cut the top off . That 90 foot long log was heavy , it made the skidder work a bit to get it out of where it was at . Big poplar trees make a lot of board footage fast and will fill a log truck full with just a few trees some times .

[@dugganwoodworks]

That looked like some very nice poplar. What we get in Kansas is mostly a pale green and used for carcass on furniture. Great video!

[@larryw5429]

You guys need a conveyor belt or barn cleaner set up for your sawdust! Or run sawdust fan blower you can shovel dust into it and blow it into a trailer!

[@snakebait5118]

I really appreciate Poplar when it's spalted! It's beautiful!

[@nvs514]

Around us we call that Tuliptree. We don't get many to cut at that size, but now I am going to be on the hunt! Fun fact, it's not even a true Poplar. This is Liriodendron tulipifera, in the Magnolia family, one of the earliest families of flowering trees still in existence.

[@kennethnevel3263]

Poplar usually grows down nearer the bottom of a hill where there is more water , they seem to like wetter ground ,I have never seen any poplar higher up on a hill.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

In Colorado Rockies, the reclaimed beetle kill lodge pole pine and others, have what some consider beautiful blue and green discoloration. It’s used for decorative paneling and furniture, not lumber. Better to repurpose what is usable than to just burn it all. 🤷‍♂️👍🏻

[@bigk4755]

I have seen many examples of rainbow poplar that these wild colors don’t fade in, and have several of these boards that have been in wood rack in my shop for several years with their purples, blues, reds, and greens just as bright as the day I bought them.

[@dogcreek8547]

I like popular and put it in my cabin bedroom and bathroom. Love the purple contrast.

[@fredcory2686]

Yellow Poplar also has a sweet, almost lemony odor when milling.

[@greggrondin3034]

That was a very interesting video!!! Thanks!

[@im3phirebird81]

Purple wood?! Amazing! If only the colors could be preserved.

[@dalegriffiths335]

I also love that popular color too , those logs you cut are beautiful!! Nice Video as always Ladies!!!

[@Z-Bart]

The first HS wood shop project I ever made was with Rainbow Poplar. A little end table. I still have it. My printer table now.

[@anthonypaparo1975]

I didn't know that poplar grew in northern PA .is it a river bottom tree ?

[@peterjohnston8116]

The local cheese factory uses sawdust as fuel for the boilers.

[@btrent9244]

Outstanding video content. Thank you.

[@kevinhayes1656]

I was wondering, what a polyurethane clear lacquer help keep it from fading?

[@allanhover5008]

137 thousand subscribers outstanding thanks again

[@richardherring8220]

Em, some of us refer to poplar as NC mahogany, because of it's stain ability and endurance to the elements !!

[@stevenhartley7659]

Closing in on a hundred and forty thousand that is so cool

[@fractuss]

Wow! I thought I knew how to use a cant hook until today.

[@jerrykonstigh1352]

I've always wondered, How old are you and your sister? You're doing grown men's jobs.

[@timmcdonald9856]

Thank you for sharing that. Amazing colors, and not something people who do not watch your videos will rarely get the chance to see.

[@mikemorgan4726]

That's a very nice piece of wood

[@forkintherode8236]

Can the poplar be planed and sealed immediately to preserve the color?

[@symmys1612]

Is it sold at a premium for the colors?

[@allanhover5008]

Thanks for the wonderful information

[@dmg4415]

Are poplar a popular wood to work with? 😊

[@richardsevack]

Nice. I think you have different varieties of poplar than we do. Very interesting. We saw a fair amount of it. 🇨🇦👍😉

[@robertpearson8798]

We have a few yellow poplars (Liriodendron tulipifera) here in Southern Ontario, native in a few spots and planted in others, but they’re a different species than the trees we call poplars (family Salicaceae, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods). My first introduction to Yellow Poplar was in the form of wooden pallets where I work that would come in from the U.S. I would often notice the purplish and greenish tinges on many of the boards.

[@GlenSpivey]

Video suggestion.. You could show and explain all the tools on the boss man's logging toolbelt. You showed it in another video and I was wondering about what tools he carries in addition to chain saw and face shield. Thanks for all the great information.

[@bawrytr]

What a pleasure. Thank you.

[@blueblur6447]

Should do a video on Poplar and its insane tension coming off the mill. Sometimes its like a diving board after the bounce. Love the stuff, hate its tension though.

[@davidfranklin1885]

Great Story! Professional spoken script!

[@richardsnyder7951]

The wood is good looking but you two are beautiful great job 🤭

[@paulrambone6705]

love your show.

[@CallMeAdam2023]

❤ Very Interesting history lesson! I always love hearing about different woods! I live in northern Indiana and they Dont do a whole lot of logging in this area. Our wood always comes to lumber yards ready to go, we dont even have any mills within 100 miles.

[@johnaddis1022]

Think I said this once before when Emerald did an episode on popular, the pioneers used a lot of poplar to build log houses it has a natural repellent to wood boring insects, apparently they don't like the taste and as long as it stays dry it can last hundreds of years. Good showing I've cut poplar mostly for making furniture as it works easy and sometimes a lot of colors. Ya'll have a good day say Hi to Boss Man and Boss Lady and Grandpa! JLa

[@yeeeaaah6248]

Beautiful wood!!

[@stigmartinrnning6751]

Beautiful wood.