permaculture

["Michael Murphy" <michael@ctsl.com>]

Hard to tell why he thinks there's no demand, so no one will grow them, when 
there's a big demand for the wood, which can be harvested as early as six 
years, and they are widely grown.  We interplanted 100 with chestnuts, about 
2 miles back from the ocean 30 miles south of San Francisco.  Even on careful 
drip irrigaiton (they don't like getting their feet wet), about half died and 
none grew the advertised six feet or more a year.  They don't like wind, 
which we have in spades.  I wouldn't plant them again, except in a very warm, 
well-drained, wind-protected area.

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of elijah 
smith 
        Sent: Tue 12/2/2003 4:54 PM 
        To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org 
        Cc: 
        Subject: [permaculture] Extremely fast growing paulownias
        
        
        Interesting - they were even growing them to "prevent ground and 
surface water contamination."
         
        http://www.belleville.com/mld/newsdemocrat/7394032.htm

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