Thanks Lucky.
Poor choice of words on my part. I didn't think you
were confronting, merely helping to settle a fact or two.
Thanks for the sensitivity, appreciate
it.
Please Lucky, since you mentioned Osage. I myself
put in a hundred 2 years ago for deer and they are growing so
slowly and the thorns. Mamma Mia, they hurt
especially when trying to mow and you get satuck, Wow-ow!
Never knew these were ever considered for wood
because of the beauty of the wood. Are these ever harvested in
abundance
for their wood and do they really ever get big as
they seem to do poorly here or is it that they are used for
impenetrable barricade fencing purposes
exclusively? Honestly never heard of any uses for them other than natural
impenatratable fence.
Thanks again.
Best of growing,
~Gianni
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 12:46
PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] I need some
thoughts
At 12:33 PM
05/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
In my defense I
do not know what his application for this
is for Gianni, You don't need any defense!
I didn't mean it to sound as if I was attacking - far from it. Just
commenting. Nor do I know what The Fluffster has in mind,
either. Perhaps he'll elaborate so that we can make more informed
recommendations.
Guess another species Fluffy might consider for a
hard, durable, beautiful-grained wood would be Osage Orange(Maclura
pomifera).
Lucky
and have limbed many
times particular cedars to be able to work around and have access to the growing area/s. They will continue
to grow unimpeded even when the lower limbs have been trimmed or completely severed. When felled you are right an 8ft cedar will yield very
little rot resistant heartwood, but if I remember his question clearly I think he said he needed only 2 to 3
inch diameter and imperative that the wood had a beautiful grain... I guess I'm at
a loss barring a preservative that are now available minus any
toxins... Thank you,
Lucky. Best of
growing, ~Gianni
- ----- Original Message -----
- From: Lucky
Pittman
- To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
- Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:41 AM
- Subject: Re: [nafex] I need some thoughts
- At 11:18 AM 05/22/2001 -0400, Gianni wrote:
- Red cedar will grow to 8 ft from a seedling in as little as 3 to 4
yrs depending on conditions.
Yes, but this 8 ft seedling will have a piece of red heartwood about
the size of a pencil lead, the rest being white softwood that'll rot away
about as quickly as untreated white pine. Plus, an open-grown
redcedar 8 ft tall will have limbs from ground level up.
I cut some good, tall redcedars out of my hardwood forest this spring,
when I was stringing a mile or so of new HT fence - most were 75+ yrs old,
based on counts of growth rings - got 2 or 3 good, clear 8 ft 'king'
posts, with lots of rot-resistant heartwood, before I got into any
significant branches.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY
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