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lurninandlurkin t1_iy2or47 wrote

I just spent a holiday at a friend's house in Thailand and all through the region, the Thai government has planted acres and acres of Australian hardwoods as a long term investment of an ever depleting resource.

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T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2wamr wrote

Hmm I try to plant native trees, but one crop I grow for its high value alone is goji berry

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lurninandlurkin t1_iy2wf2g wrote

I just thought it was funny how in Aus we plant fast growing softwoods while the place I visited in Thailand had planted Australian timbers.

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T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2wqgz wrote

I bet it grows fast their, are the soft woods hybrid poplar?

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lurninandlurkin t1_iy2x47c wrote

It didn't seem to be growing fast but they have the trees close together so it is straight and not many knots (limited branches down low). The pine in Qld Aus seems to be slash pine Caribbean pine, or a hybrid of the two.

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T-A-Wycoff OP t1_iy2xu6b wrote

I am really interested in wattel trees, I think they have a potential to be a big cash crop

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