That which grows fast, lives fast and has poor timber quality. You're
supposed to let poplars sucker and thicket. And the timber is used
for matches.
You want good timber, grow Huon Pines - wonderful stuff but you might
have to wait a few hundred years for it.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 15/03/2007, at 3:29 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Worst things I think I ever labored to dig holes for and plant were
> two rows, about 24, of Normandy poplars. They grew very fast, then
> started dying about 12-15 years later. I cut down the last dead one
> about 10 years ago. And they don't make particularly good firewood.
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