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> Done right, the technique can prevent deforestation and result in perfectly round and straight timber It's annoying that this doesn't explain what the hell "
by BugsJustFindMe 6y ago
> Done right, the technique can prevent deforestation and result in perfectly round and straight timber
It's annoying that this doesn't explain what the hell "done right" means. What does one have to "do right" to get perfectly round and straight timber out of it? Graft the right tree?
- jeffbarr 6y agoThere's more info in the Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1250287741247426565 https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1250287741247426565). Patience and pruning every two years are key!
- samatman 6y agoAlso (this is easy to miss) the technique is performed only on clones of one mutant Sugi tree (Japanese "cedar", actually more closely related to redwoods but it's its own genus).