[Greenbuilding] Tree inoculation against Emerald Ash Borer

[RON RANCOURT]

There's quite a discussion going on in the Greenspace-Alliance email
list (green-news at greenspace-alliance.ca)

Info is being posted here: http://greenspace-alliance.ca/EAB

Ron

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:02 PM, RT <archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:27:28 -0400, Steve Houlihan <sho11 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Maybe this explains why I can't buy ash hollow core doors anymore.
>
>
>
> I kind'a doubt it. In fact, I would think the opposite to be the case.
>
> The damage that Emerald Ash Borer does to the trunk is limited to the
> sapwood layer just under the bark.
>
> The inch or so of sapwood on both Ash and Oak saw logs is pretty
> bland-looking and would likely be discarded anyway so I doubt that it would
> get used for veneer stock.
>
> And since the heartwood of the saw log is for the most part unaffected,
> there's no reason it cannot be used and since thousands or millions of
> EAB-infected trees are being cut down annually, I would think that those
> manufacturers who use Ash for anything would have access to more logs than
> they could ever hope to put to use.
>
> I suspect that it was just a case of mass market tastes (I've heard the
> phrase "the masses are asses" more than a few times) . They know "Oak" but
> Ash, not so much.
>
> I would think that timber-framers would be lining up for the saw logs which
> are probably cheap like borscht right now with municipalities begging for
> options to keep them out of landfills.
>
> Lighter than oak (beneficial when flopping the timbers around when doing the
> joinery and even more appreciated when raising the bents), just as strong
> and arguably more attractive in a Vivaldi vs Bach way.
>
>
> --
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> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
>
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