Re: eucalypts

I have read that the blue gum is valuable as a timber crop, if left to grow until maturity (100+ years?).  That is why some of them were planted in California, but by speculators who did not realize how long one had to wait to get harvestable timber.

As to poisoning the ground for other plants, that can be an asset, if they are planted as street trees in front of school property in a town like Berkeley, where the school district officialdom believes every penny spent on ground maintenance is a wasted one.  The leaves keep the weeds/grass in check.  Certainly cheaper than hiring a gardener or two.

Does anyone else have any experience with composting euc leaves?  I don't have any, so no experience, but perhaps the slowness to compost has to do with them not staying moist enough in the compost heap?

grant wrote:

 The only use I can see for them is firewood if it is cut immediately and dried for at least a year.I have a permanent supply.
 They poison the ground for many plants.

The constant mess they make with their leaves and branches. It is impossible to compost the leaves.

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