Re: Eucalyptus


Can we get a conversation going on eucalyptus? I am surrounded by them, and .................................
Bill Grant Monterey Bay California

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I simply can't understand how so many got planted. We have miles and miles of them within 5 miles of the ocean in this county. They are gradually disappearing as development occurs.
The thing that is amazing to me is that they are not clumps starting from a few trees. They were planted in rows, for MILES!!! When one goes into one of these groves one feels much as a gopher probably feels in a field of wheat.
As for their value as firewood, they burn up like paper and you spend the entire evening throwing more logs on the fire. Then there is the local oak. It burns like charcoal, red coals and no flame, and very slow. So we used to start a fire with the eucalyptus, then add the oak and then occasional pieces of eucalyptus for the flames!
I've been told that there are around 250 different species. Eu. ficifolia is a red (coral, orange) flowering small tree. It does well down south but blooms rather sparsely here in San Luis Obispo most years. There must be some great ones in the 250 species.
I have also been told that the "brothers" that brought the seeds thought they were bringing one that had good wood, suitable for furniture but they brought one that is only good for firewood. Also it is said that they brought the seeds but they did not bring the soil organisms that had the ability to "chew up" the detritus, hence it is considered a "dirty" tree!
And now for the next purveyor of myth and rumor!!! ---Chas---


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