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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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