re: Eucalyptus, again
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: re: Eucalyptus, again
- From: "* <t*@packet.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 18:12:05 -0400
Maybe they burn like paper because the wood os oily? Maybe it's the same
oiliness that makes eucalyptus longer lasting than cypress mulch?
>> From: Charles Dills
>> Reply To: cdills@fix.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 1999 1:08 PM
>> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>> Subject: Re: Eucalyptus
>> +++++-----------------
>> 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!
