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If you think structural lumber is bad now... Michael Bulatovich 11-27-2007
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Posted by ++ on November 28, 2007, 12:50 pm


Michael Bulatovich wrote:

>I read the wood is prized by the Japanese. There's your balance of trade
>problem solved. hehe
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Hm, my mistake It is still valuable, worth planting , all that, grows
nicely in more northern climes, seen beautiful specimins in northern PA,
likes mountains, can grow in an ornamental way in the fissures of rocks

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>>Princess trees from China have already taken over. They grow fast like
>>weeds and the wood causes a horrid rash. He leaves have medicinal use
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>>>..wait until this stuff takes over the forests:
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>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tree.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 27, 2007, 5:46 pm
> ..wait until this stuff takes over the forests:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tree.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I had a couple of conversations with one of the fellows working in
Summerville, SC.
He was working on something beside eucalyptus - something fast growing
for North America.
I suggested trees with more lignin for construction, but he wasn't
interested.

T

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 27, 2007, 6:00 pm

>> ..wait until this stuff takes over the forests:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tree.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
>
> I had a couple of conversations with one of the fellows working in
> Summerville, SC.
> He was working on something beside eucalyptus - something fast growing
> for North America.
> I suggested trees with more lignin for construction, but he wasn't
> interested.

I wonder if More Lignin = Slower Growing.



Posted by RicodJour on November 28, 2007, 1:18 am
>
> I wonder if More Lignin = Slower Growing.

If the lignum is slow growing, perhaps Viagra...? :)~

R

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 28, 2007, 8:58 am

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>> I wonder if More Lignin = Slower Growing.
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> If the lignum is slow growing, perhaps Viagra...? :)~

Is that a gun under your chin?



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