Grow your own tropical wood

[pete00]

Was trying to find out what type of wood i just bought(another story)
when i came accross this. Havnt read all the fine print yet, but

You can buy a Cocobolo tree that was planted in 2001 for $5,658

or

You pay to plant a tree, they grow it for you, then give you your wood. Would be a good group buy if we all lived long enough.


pete

http://tropicalhardwoods.com/whats_new.htm

 

[mrcook4570]

Gonna have to be a mighty big tree to get the price down to $14 per bd ft.

 

[rtparso]

Looks like about $5000 per 100 trees. Looks like they basically are selling a fixed commodity future(forgive me if that is not the right term).

 

[chigdon]

It is a truely original idea but doesn't sound like it will work.

 

[JimGo]

This has come up here before. If you're into preserving the environment, and espeically if you've kind of given up on the environment here in the USA, it's an interesting investment since they will re-plant once your trees have been harvested. I'm trying to find a source for a single sapling (or two or three) here in the USA. I have some Lignum Vitae that I'm growing, and about the time that I die it should be ready to harvest; at least Cocobolo would be harvestable sooner!

 

[TomServo]

Neat thing is that you can go down when your trees are harvested and make them keep all the good stuff they'd normally toss out (the burls, stumps, crotches)

 

[Tangboy5000]

I've seen this with Black Walnut groves, but not Cocobolo.