12-10-2008, 10:33 AM
I have several dozen acres of wild waiwe trees that have all but killed out the original ohia forest. So I'm considering harvesting them and would like input from others as to what uses or value waiwe has.
I suppose the big timbers can be used for dimensional milling or nonbearing, and the middle size stuff could maybe be made into mortised rails or bed-frames, etc, and the small stuff probably mulch, although those 30 foot long, 1/2 thick trees might have applications if shipped to drier climates. I don't know, maybe some chemist out there might even have some extractive process for getting some kind of medicine out of the tree... anyway, I alone have literally millions of the trees and they are killing off our forest, so it sure would be great if we could do somethingn about it. Mahalo!
aloha
I suppose the big timbers can be used for dimensional milling or nonbearing, and the middle size stuff could maybe be made into mortised rails or bed-frames, etc, and the small stuff probably mulch, although those 30 foot long, 1/2 thick trees might have applications if shipped to drier climates. I don't know, maybe some chemist out there might even have some extractive process for getting some kind of medicine out of the tree... anyway, I alone have literally millions of the trees and they are killing off our forest, so it sure would be great if we could do somethingn about it. Mahalo!
aloha
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