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TIL that a huge chunk of the hardwood I install is actually grown on tree farms, not cut from old forests. Found it in a footnote of a supplier catalog.
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jessica1302mo ago
My uncle worked on a pine tree farm in Georgia for years. They'd plant a new seedling for every one they cut, so it was basically a rotating crop.
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ruby_henderson362mo ago
Rotating crop, huh? I tried that with houseplants once and ended up with a rotating compost pile instead.
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tyler2372mo ago
Wait, is that actually true for most hardwood? I thought a lot of it, like oak and maple, still comes from managed forests that aren't really farms. They might replant, but it's not the same as a quick crop like pine. The trees take decades. Honestly, the footnote might mean some specific types, but not all hardwood works like that.
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