Growing burls

Ron Wenrich · January 26, 2011, 06:53:12 AM

So, are you saying that shooting a cherry tree will give an entrance for the black knot spores?

What species have you tried shooting on? If shooting is the trigger mechanism, then it should work on multiple species.

isawlogs · January 26, 2011, 08:11:50 AM

Use a shotgun and pepper the forest

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 08:15:48 AM

Jeff and I tried to secure a burl the size of a VW in Da UP

We cudda got it if we were dealin' with the guy....The woman wanted waaaay more than we offered :

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The Burl is gonna sit in the sun in front of their garage for years and just degrade right before their very eyes :-\ :-\

isawlogs · January 26, 2011, 08:25:34 AM

Quote from: Burlkraft on January 26, 2011, 08:15:48 AM
a burl the size of a VW in Da UP

Did ya use a 50cal. on that one ... ;D :D

jim king · January 26, 2011, 09:09:53 AM

It will be a slaughter out there this morning. Absolute randam indiscriminate shooting of adolecent and baby trees. Some gut shot some in the foot and some high.

Jeff · January 26, 2011, 09:12:01 AM

Jim are you going to record the data on this, or is it truly going to be indiscriminate?

jim king · January 26, 2011, 09:52:18 AM

I have a 40 hectare test plot 46 KM outside of town and a 6 KM walk in where we are measuring growth of various species, the amount lost every year by simply falling over to rot ect. For this escapade each entry hole will be painted with enamel paint and a yellow ring painted around each tree shot so we can find them again.

Six man operation for the day, they left at daylight.

Two live chickens
4 kilos spegettii
1 kilo salt
2 kilos sugar
4 machetes
1 liter cooking oil
1 kilo rice
6 packages of spegettii sauce
220 410 shotgun slugs
A bag of bread

10 gallons of enamel paint and brushes.

I am interested most in Bloodwood, Tigre Caspi, Pink flame and Dalmation plus they will do several species. If this works Burlkraft in a couple of years will have lots of nice toys to work with .

Ron Wenrich · January 26, 2011, 09:58:13 AM

I wonder if major battlefields have an overabundance of burls.

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 10:02:28 AM

Quote from: Ron Wenrich on January 26, 2011, 09:58:13 AM
I wonder if major battlefields have an overabundance of burls.

I know the mall in DC has lots of burl trees. I could hardly contain myself ;D

jim king · January 26, 2011, 10:25:25 AM

Here are a couple of the bigger ones I have got to town. The table was cut very bad and had a 5 inch curve to it so the only option was to cut it into sections.

The other two we rolled like a tire for a couple on kilometers . Not a pleasant day. If this works it is a multi million dollar business.

We dont have the excellent figure as you in the north are used to. I assume it is because everyting grows so fast here.

Jeff · January 26, 2011, 10:31:23 AM

I wonder if you are making a mistake painting the entrance wound.

beenthere · January 26, 2011, 10:39:46 AM

I think Greenpeace is heading to Peru as we speak........ :

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jim king · January 26, 2011, 10:57:46 AM

QuoteI wonder if you are making a mistake painting the entrance wound.

Jeff:

They are not going to seal the wound but are putting a large ring around it so we can find where the slug went in.

It will be interesting to see if the moss and other gargage that grows on some trees and blown into the hole has more of an effect than a clean tree.

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 11:01:39 AM

Right now I'm hoping that it works for ya and we don't say down the line, "Who was that idiot that suggested this?"

jim king · January 26, 2011, 11:09:34 AM

Burlkraft:

Nothing ventured nothing gained , I am open to trying anything. I have been on some crazy escapades in my life. This is quite mild by past standards. When I came here a long time ago I was told by experts there was no wood here with figure or unusual colors.

One day with firewood cutters showed me a supermarket of colors and grain patterns and it became my business.

Clark · January 26, 2011, 05:50:01 PM

Quote from: jim king on January 25, 2011, 08:01:48 AM
I have taken shoots off of burls and had them cloned thinking that possibly I was going to have burl trees. Long story short they are regular trees and no figure.

I like your ingenuity, Jim. I would have never thought of something like that and it's a funny story!

Have you checked out what Alex Shigo says about burls? He did all sorts of crazy things to hardwoods and recorded it all, I would think he would have written something about burls...?

Clark

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 06:07:25 PM

Quote from: Clark on January 26, 2011, 05:50:01 PM
Have you checked out what Alex Shigo says about burls? He did all sorts of crazy things to hardwoods and recorded it all, I would think he would have written something about burls...?

Clark

I forgot about him. He is the authority if there is one!

beenthere · January 26, 2011, 06:18:31 PM

He was a legend.

http://www.shigoandtrees.com/index.php?_a=viewDoc&docId=5

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 07:07:30 PM

Quote from: beenthere on January 26, 2011, 06:18:31 PM
He was a legend.

http://www.shigoandtrees.com/index.php?_a=viewDoc&docId=5

If I remember right you are a bit of a legend yerself

You otta have some burls growin' in them trees by now :D :D

SwampDonkey · January 26, 2011, 07:58:43 PM

Was? Some legends never die. ;)

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 08:00:01 PM

Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 26, 2011, 07:58:43 PM
Was? Some legends never die. ;)

You my friend are working on your legend status ;D ;D

SwampDonkey · January 26, 2011, 08:04:05 PM

Me. I'm nothing more than an insect, you know what happens to insects. Sometimes....if you don't miss. :D I suppose you could call it the ..... expiration date?

Burlkraft · January 26, 2011, 08:06:26 PM

Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 26, 2011, 08:04:05 PM
Me. I'm nothing more than an insect, you know what happens to insects. Sometimes....if you don't miss. :D

That's not what Jeff thinks!