"Jangchub" <Jangchub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 08 Mar 2008 00:26:44 GMT, wdukes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>On 2008-02-05, Andy Dingley <dingbat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:09:34 -0500, "J. Clarke"
<jclarke.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Not to be siding with a spammer but it's apparently traditional for
>>>>some applications in Japan.
>>>
>>> Not AFAIK, but it's the closest Western substitute for the traditional
>>> timber. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to grow Paulownia.
>>
>>Timber!?!?!?!!? It is a damn invasive weed of a tree. I have
>>seen many but none ever qualify as timber, just as kudzu with a
>>trunk.
>
> Paulownia is grown in many places as it indeed is a hardwood and it is
> used frequently for framing, flooring, etc. I have one growing in the
> yard. It grew to 25 feet in two years. I have the P. kawasaki which
> is much less invasive and is truly beautiful. ****, I should start
> selling them, I have enough seeds t populate China.
What is it that makes these tree so invasive?
The fact that they produce s many seeds that then grow so quickly?
Has anyone ever tird to bonsai one of these?
Janchub: How much for 50 or so of the seeds from yours?
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