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[Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

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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