invest plant trees, to burn in 20 years

[Mirco22]

This is an area where trees, or grain, o barley, they do not grow luxuriant, for this I want to convert into the forest, but yeah i really need something that could grow, I'm sure that in any case it won't take over, I put some today, We will see

 

[EbS-P]

I believe it! Trouble is, it is so prolific and successful that it is wiping out the native flora in my area. Direct correlation between it's appetite for carbon, to its success over other species. No thanks! The tulip poplar is probably as effective and plays very nicely with the other natives.

I don't want to be part of creating a Norway maple monoculture in my area. But, to each their own. If you could see what it's doing to the woods around here, and how chitty the woods look when the Norway's take over, I don't think you'd be so enthusiastic.

I’d take the maple over the tulip poplar for firewood. Lumber I’d take the poplar. Faster growing.

 

[Mirco22]

very nice! I wanted to do something similar with an elm, but it's not as wide as yours. The carpenter told me that I should cut it and let it dry for at least 3 years before dividing it into planks, but I don't dare cut it anyway!

 

[thewoodlands]

hello everyone and happy 2023. I have land which I have earmarked for trees. I have elms, oaks, and small locust trees. I would like to continue planting varieties to be cut in 20-25 years, that are good growing, hardy, and good btus ratio. I'm near the river humidity is always present, exposure, quite good which trees do you recommend?
thanks

We're planting 10 spruce we're buying through our county, not for firewood but we're replacing a bunch of dead white pine that will hopefully give us or someone else privacy once they get tall enough.

 

[Mirco22]

whatever goal it is always gratifying to see trees grow, personally planted

 

[Mirco22]

always looking for ideal plants, it seems that tree ash is also a good choice, good heat, quite good duration, and little ash, do you confirm? Because it should also be very adaptable to any terrain

 

[Ashful]

always looking for ideal plants, it seems that tree ash is also a good choice, good heat, quite good duration, and little ash, do you confirm? Because it should also be very adaptable to any terrain

Ash was a great tree to plant or to own, around here. But I say "was" rather than "is" because the invasion of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been destroying most of the Ash trees in North America. If it has not already invaded Europe, I suspect it is only a matter of time.

You'll find countless references to "EAB" on this forum. Many of us have been burning almost exclusively ash over the last few years, just trying to keep up with the deadfall.

 

[Mirco22]

Ash was a great tree to plant or to own, around here. But I say "was" rather than "is" because the invasion of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been destroying most of the Ash trees in North America. If it has not already invaded Europe, I suspect it is only a matter of time.

You'll find countless references to "EAB" on this forum. Many of us have been burning almost exclusively ash over the last few years, just trying to keep up with the deadfall.

I seem to have read that ash had replaced diseased elms, to end up in the same way, absurd. Yes, now that I'm looking, in Switzerland they complain about this problem, but here in Italy also, anyway I have to put someone, if it grows and starts to get sick it will be one more reason to cut it!

 

[Mirco22]

invasive tree