• kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Check out “daisugi,” a Japanese pollarding technique that produces usable timber even faster (basically having one rootstock grow multiple main trunks). IIRC in the 1700’s they were harvesting pine every 25 years

    However, it ain’t no replacement for oak. Does smell a lot better, though