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I'm not sure about black locust rot resistance. That's pretty heavily informed on when you harvest it. If you harvest in the spring, it won't last five years. I
by Loughla 3y ago
I'm not sure about black locust rot resistance. That's pretty heavily informed on when you harvest it. If you harvest in the spring, it won't last five years. It's only good if harvested in the dead of winter when there is no sap.
Also, it doesn't grow large, often because it's so susceptible to disease. So there's that, too.
- arp242 3y agoDon't harvest in the spring then? Wikipedia says "It is very resistant to rot" and "In the Netherlands some other parts of Europe, black locust is one of the most rot-resistant local trees".
- Loughla 3y agoI mean, that's fine, but only harvesting for a short portion of the year (during hard freeze after sap is out) severely limits the market and therefore increases cost. That has to be part of the issue, right?
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoThe bottleneck is growing the wood, not cutting it. Modern forestry equipment is insanely fast. Most agricultural crops have a very short seasonal window in which they can be harvested, but corn is not expensive because we only get one harvest per year, lumber is an anomaly in that respect.