In Australia the best thing is eucalyptus leaved and sticks from our gum trees. They are quite oily naturally and if dried are super flammable. Not great for bush fires but very handy for lighting a camp fire

So, you take these things that burn great, tie them on your Christmas tree then add a whole bunch of lights & stuff.. got it.. ☺️ Cool video, cones are my favorite starters 👍👍

That was wonderful and great data regarding pinecones - not silly at all - both my adult children have fire pits and enjoy lighting them in the four seasons and I heard of fire starters using pinecones to gift them for the upcoming Christmas so thanks for an informative video - from wonderful northern Ontario Canada

Good afternoon Case, another great video. I have used pine cones in the past👍. We don't have a lot pines on our property, but we do have access to some. Thanks for the reminder. I'll be collecting and using some this year 😎👍 Have a great weekend, Ben

Great info and the ending, with the cone buring, was cool!

The pinecones here often pop in the fire. So important to have a screen or closed door when burning them. Some of the sappier logs will also pop.

In northern west Tennessee, we have loblolly and short leaf yellow pine as well as eatern white pine. As a kid, at my grandparents, we would gather the pinecones and soak them in a big tub of very hot water with copper sulfate crystals desolved in it, or sometimes we used epson salts. Let them soak for a few hours then take them out to dry. When lit for a firestarter, the copper sulfate ones would give off green flames, and the Epson salt ones would burn with a bright white flame...and i still do a batch from time to time.

I am based in County Wicklow, Ireland. Our one and only native pine is the Scots Pine. But we have also non-native pines, like the Corsican and Monterey Pines. A few White Pines around as well in the cash crop plantations. Yes, I have used pine cones as fire starters. They are great, but only if bone dry.

Wow that was really interesting. I never thought of using pinecones as fire starters. I’m going to have to give that a try next maple season. I was also blown away about the size of some of those cones. 24” long? That’s incredible! Thanks for the video and take care!

Good Evening Sir, That is TRULY OUTSTANDING INFORMATIVE VIDEO SIR 👌😇👍In survival training and also winter/summer camping was very good for me 😇😇👍👍👌👌Full Watch Sir Cheers 🍻🍻

We went for a drive today, and collected a bin full of pine cones 👍 they are presently drying out. looking forward to using them to start a fire in the wood stove. 👍🍻

You can also find alot of pinecones at hobby lobby around Christmas time.

I'm definitely going try this 👍🏻, thanks for sharing Case 🙋🏼‍♂

That works good Case. Never thought of that before. There’s a good size pine tree beside a coffee shop I go to, and it has pine cones that look like those. But I have no idea what kind of pine it is. I think white spruce trees put off cones. But much smaller. Have a great day.

We have lots of pine trees over here and plenty of pine cones. We have lots of different types but Scots pine is the only truly native pine in the UK. We have not tried using them as a fire lighter, but we will give it a go, thanks

Here in western ny if they are damp and on the ground ticks love them.

i never saw a pine cone that big a day in my life. if them is the ones thats native to california i never seen em. we must have the dang ones from the east coast transplanted up in our neighborhood parks and recreation areas

great video,.,i cant believe how long the pinecone burned for :o

Good one. Ya know I use them. About one bushel basket will last me a winter.

The video was good. I learned a lot… Unfortunately, it turned me off when you used a Torch to light it… How about starting a real fire with the pine cone and use matches or lighter or… stick? Thank you regardless. From Canada… Our list is long… we have various pine cone types.

I use pine cones on occasion. There's two pine trees on the block and every storm knocks the cones down. I collect them and burn them in my woodstove.

Please let the cones drop their seeds first!