Forum Archive Index - September 2000

["Jeremy Ardley" <jeremy@ardley.org>]

> Oh well, you cannot fast forward the growing cycle as we do
> with Radiata and avoid soft tissue timber.
> Chris

Just an aside.  There is an ultra fast growing hardwood tree touted here in
Australia called Paulownia.  It grows faster than radiata and supposedly
produces good quality hardwood within 10-15 years

The trouble with it is that it is :

1. Untried in Australia (It is a Chinese native) and no-one has ever
actually harvested any timber from it, and
2. It is promoted almost exclusively as a tax minimisation scheme.

In my opinion, you might get a good return if someone reputable does it, but
never, ever, if it is part of a tax minimisation scheme.

Jeremy

Disc : I have previously developed computer projections of Paulownia
production/returns for inclusion in a prospectus.  My observations of the
promoter and his business ethics were such that I would run a mile before
ever investing in such a scheme.  On the other hand I am very tempted to
lease a few hundred hectares and plant my own Paulownia.



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