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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Ya, I'm not sure where Blender is getting these ideas from, but I don't agree at all. I used to work with a white pine program where that was exactly what we were doing, finding the best candidates to replant for harvest. Some of them were growing 3-4 feet a year on Texada Island.
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Trees will grow, but the faster they grow the softer and weaker the wood. The original discussion was around old growth timber and the potential for human-planted seedlings to replace it. That is what I'm commenting on.
I'm not disparaging any of the endeavors that are being discussed here. It is all worthwhile.
I'm only commenting on the reality that the demand for old growth timber exists precisely because of its unique properties that can't be created by any artificial means.