permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 07:13 AM 11/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
> Good day,
>
> Poplars grow real well down here in Kentucky. Most seem to grow pretty
> fast...straight and tall. But like Georg shed they tend to go down quickly in
> heavy winds, shed limbs and do not appear to be very long lived.
>
> So balancing all this...when would be the best time to harvest for
> timbersales?  Frank
> _______________________________

When you have the time, when you need the money/lumber  and when you need 
more sunshine for the new trees comming up.  If they are big enough to meet 
your timber needs I'd take them.
M

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Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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