Thread: Timber wish list

OLD and GREY!!, of course I am offended.. what do you have against follicly challanged ( thats BALD to those who dont know!!!!!) blokes!

Kev

oh boy that is a big open question, what trees to plant. If you are younger than 20 and thinking of retirement you have got a good chance of growing some things that will be interesting. Fast growers like the smaller Acacia's have a lifespan of 10-20 years, a few are interesting timbers. The two beefwoods Grevillia striata and G. parallela are interesting, both as box timber and turning wood. I recently saw a sample of "corkwood" recently supposedly from WA listed as a Hakea, another reason to hate common names as corkwood in the eastern states is another genus entirely. Any of the oak type timbers, Casuarina, Grevillia robusta are worth a look. At a sale in canberra slabs on special for two species were interesting, normal price of $13,000 per cubic meter of French walnut and the same for English Yew.

Given time the walnut is worth a go, as are any number of others in the gum group. Depending on your inclination you may want to plant some Jarrah, it may be commonly available over there now, but another 30 years or so they may be so rare and valuable that you would have a significant resource.

Anyway I hope that helps somewhat, even if it only murks the waters a bit.

Peter

by the time you retire you'll love the trees so much that you wont want to cut them down. I recommend that you plant trees that are native to your area to encourage the wildlife - that will give you pleasure at LEAST until you retire.

Why not just buy slabs of stuff that you like the look of now and just store it until you need it ? who knows you you might be dead by the time your old enough to retire and if you plant a whole bunch of exotic species the ecosystem of your area may be ruined.

cheers

What about Olive trees ?

There is a type of tree that is referred to as Queensland ebony (Diospyros ferrea) or maybe it's (Lysiphyllum carronii) or even (Bauhinia carronii.) Sorry, that is all I know about it apart from the price which is about 5 times as much as any other timber.

Maybe the folks from Endeavour Timbers in Brisbane can tell you more about it. They have a few pieces of it.

thanks for all the replys guys keep them coming, im busy happily researching all these new names ive been given.
also on other threads on the forum i have seen names like snottygobble and malaluca and banksia. i have a few banksia gradis and after researching snottygobble i found that it lives in southern jarrah marri forests so i guess theres probably a bit of that around i just have to find it. but what are these timbers used for (snottygobble seems to be quite a small tree), and esspecialy for malaluca which type are good for wood working because there are loads of varitys in the seed catalouge.

bob: ive found a few references to queensland ebony ( Maba humilis, Lysiphyllum carronii, Lysiphyllum hookeri) and ill keep looking. is this a very dark wood like other ebonys?

ptc: did you mean olive trees as a good wood to work with or as a cash crop type tree. because we have a large blue gum plantation there, but if its good for wood work then olive are a bonous.

zed: we have state forrest ajoining the propery and the last thing i need is more kangaroos eating the vines or emus scaring the cows. but dont worry there are some native bush stands on the property where the roos hide when im out shooting. also i dont realy have the money to buy bulk timber now as im at uni.

pah1: we have a fair bit of jarrah there atm and the smaller ones i will leave to grow nice and big. we have sheoak there which covers the casurina, but grevillia robusta sounds interisting, also cant find much on the beefwoods but ill keep looking.

thanks guys for all the ideas so far keep them coming in, and sorry Brudda you know i didnt mean to hurt you.

tom

Redmond, Raspberry Jam an Acacia and once they are growing throw a Sandalwood nut underneath, Sandalwood is a parasite and love Acacia trees as a host. For more info on this do a search on the ABC site, Landline did an article on Sandalwood a couple of years ago.
Cheers
Barry

G`day Tom,
God to young enough to even be considering this project!!!!!!!
My two cent worth.
Sheoak.--woodturning or veneers
beefwood -- feature wood -anything
marri--furniture
Jarrah-- all and anything-but only if you intend to live for another 100 years
banksia-- turning or veneer

contact your local calm people for what will grow best in your tipe of soil
PLEASE don`t plant exotics in your peace of paradise keep it local.
cooky

Redmond,
olive, cash crop.
Have seen furniture you would not believe,in spain. also turnings from it
friends of mine in Queensland went in for them planted 300. 5 years ago and very sarisfied with the results. so far.
you might try huon and be a millionair only kidding

cheers cliff we already have banksia jarrah marri ans she oak growing there but beefwood sounds like a good idea evenhough it normaly grows up north it cant hurt to try.

ptc whats wrong with trying huon pine the climate would be about the same cold and wet.

thanks for the responses keep them coming.
tom

Redmond I seriously suggest you talk to the Agriculture Dept who are usually more than willing to advise for applications in your locale.
They will advise once they know what your intentions are and what is particularly suitable for rapid/slow growth for furniture etc manufacture!

Cheers

If I'm not mistaken the main problem with Huon Pine isn't it's suitability for any area, it's the fact that anyone planting Huon Pine has a greatly overrated idea of their own life expectancy. Unless you are planting for your distant ancestors or you know something about the search for an aging cure that we don't. Maybe you are just taking a really long view of things, in which case I thank you.