Joe,
I'd have to think hard about any claim made by Alan. He has stated a
belief that trees should not be allowed to get much over 40 feet in height. For
a species like white pine, that's somewhere between ridiculous and absurd. I
have no idea what Alan is trying to grow, but I have no interest in his
woodland experiments. I am certain Alan means well and I guess he does achieve
a kind of timber result that suits some uses and fills a market niche, but
overall, his vision of a "healthy woodland" redefines the concept of boring.
Bob
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From: "Joseph Zorzin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Russ, you say you once worked for Alan Page- I've heard that Alan claims the
pines on his land, which are consistently thinned- grow have half inch rings
per year. I haven't heard his claim for height growth per year.
Of course super fast volume and/or height growth is often not desired with
trees which have a future in the lumber yard- as such fast growth results in
lower quality wood. If we want fast growing trees we'd all grow hybrid poplar.
It's a fine research endeavor to look for huge trees and fast growing trees but
what I'd like to find are trees that produce value at a very fast speed. If we
can find ways for land to produce great value quickly with trees- we can help
protect that land from development. And, if we can incorporate values for the
intangible values too- then we can be sure that the forests won't become just
fast growing monocultures, instead they'll be forests which can rapidly produce
timber value while maintaining other values or increasing them too. What I seek
is a True Forestry Economics which will work to produce better forests which
we'll all enjoy and which will make this a better planet.
Joe
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:23 PM
Subject: [ENTS] Re: The long update process has begun
Bob:
I have never seen 60" internodes persist for more than three successive years
but I've seen consistent 36" internodes persist for ten years or more.
I guess as long as it is early in the life of the tree it really wouldn't be a
lot weaker....especially if there were decades of consistent diameter growth
following the initial height growth
In terms of "leader" growth, I've noticed many times both red oak and yellow
poplar saplings put on more than 5 feet of height in a single year, especially
after being released.
Russ
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