[AT] OT - R.Finks Redwood question

[Grant Brians]

The barns, outbuildings and original houses on our ranch here were all built
from the Redwood lumber that came from Corralitos near Watsonville. When
that valley area was cut, there were 20 foot diameter trees that were there.
Some of the ground level stumps that were cut in the 1870's apparently still
remain and I personally hane seen 15 foot diameter stump remains in that
area. Most Santa Cruz Mountains lumber is now third and fourth cut, and
there are a number of beautifully managed forests, with careful and
efficient harvests that lead to virtually no soil loss even in the massive
rainfall of much of those mountains. The upper San Lorenzo Valley above
Santa Cruz has areas that average 100-110 inches of rainfall - nearly all
falling between October and April each year! And mind you that includes NO
snowfall accumulations, all either rain or fog.
     Redwoods are truly BEAUTIFUL trees, there is no question. I even have a
few I planted on my property, although our spot is nowhere near ideal for
them, they do not like the salts in the soils or the lesser amount of summer
fog. A Coast Redwood tree of over 150 feet in height actually gets over half
of the moisture it needs from the air, not the soil....
          Grant Brians
          Hollister,California farmer of Vegetables, Fruit and Nuts

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Put it on your bucket list, Richard, and then DO IT!  They are within easy
access to Palo Alto, so that means they can almost be reached by public
transportation from San Francisco.

Larry

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Thanks Dave. And Grant
That is one of the thinks in life i would like to do. See them trees. My
mind can,t rap around the amount of lumber that would be in a tree like
that. I can recall seeing trees 4 ft when i was a kid at local mill. An
other story.
R Fink
PA



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Hi Richard!

This may be a late post - I.m on the digest (:<((

Don't know if this is the one you're talking about but last October a 1,500
year old Giant Sequoia (commonly called a coastal redwood) just sort of fell
over - actually two trees joined at the base in Sequoia National Forest. It
happened to fall across a major hiking trail and was witnessed by a few
folks walking along - must have been a bit of a surprise!

At any rate, my understanding is that the Forest Service has decided to
leave it be, and re-route the trail around it.

There is quite a bit of lumber in it, and truly old growth at that... almost
all the redwood lumber you see today is 2nd or 3rd gen growth... and if you
think the redwood products you see on the racks today is pricey, price old
growth, tight grain redwood (if you can find it)! The only place I see it
these days is in salvage lumber, and is quite prized.

Best
Dave in Gilroy, CA
(maybe 12 miles from Grant B!)


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Hi people. I heard this week that one of the giant red wood or what ever
they are in CA came down. Any story or notes any one has would be great.
Reason, how much wood was in it, where it went, And photos if known.
Thanks
R Fink

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