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Redwood - Tree Grower articles

• Research on redwood wood properties is progressing
  Patrick Milne, August 2013
  Coast redwood has had a chequered history in New Zealand having been widely planted before 1940. However, most of these plantings failed for one reason or another. There are many…
• Science based redwood clone selection
  Wade Cornell, August 2012
  Redwood has become a bit more popular as a species to plant in recent years. If your aim is to plant redwood as erosion control on a hillside and never…
• Clonal redwood production
  Greg Palmer and Simon Rapley, May 2012
  The New Zealand Redwood Company tree sales programme is an alliance with Nga Rakau Nurseries Ltd. The New Zealand Redwood Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Soper Wheeler Company…
• Redwoods by Kaipara harbour
  Harley and Margaret Gray, May 2012
  In 2004 we agreed to participate in a clonal redwood trial organised by Wade Cornell. Our participation was of interest because we are probably at the northern extreme for this…
• Getting redwood right for New Zealand
  Wade Cornell, November 2010
  A call is going out to those interested in redwood development to see if New Zealand can find and grow the best redwoods on the planet. A new redwood trial…
• Careful investor chooses redwood?
  Dan Mineham, November 2009
  While many in the New Zealand forest industry still ponder the merits of coast redwood, a forward thinking overseas investor has had no similar hesitation. He has established a 950…
• What redwood growers should know about mycorrhizae
  Murray Davis, November 2009
  Most plants form mycorrhizae. A mycorrhiza is an association between certain soil fungal species and plant roots. The plant gets to use the very large surface area and small diameter…
• Redwoods at Ashley Gorge
  Robert Johnston, November 2009
  As is the case with so many things in life, the obvious is often right in front of you, but for a long while you do not see it. So…
• Southland redwood timber for the Californian market
  Mark Dean and Simon Rapley, November 2009
  The New Zealand Redwood Company managers have been telling anyone who will listen that coast redwood is a fast growing and valuable softwood. With the exception of Ernslaw One Ltd,…
• Managing carbon trading risk using redwood
  Paul Silcock, November 2009
  Plantation grown coast redwood is a species eminently suitable for long term carbon sequestration. Other articles in this issue of Tree Grower describe the attributes that make this tree a…
• Coast redwood the ideal carbon crop
  Clayton Wallwork and Simon Rapley, November 2009
  It is now time to include carbon as an integral part of the forestry equation. We he have had announcements confirming the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and a significant sale…
• Redwoods – what have we been waiting for?
  Peter Clinton, Chris Phillips and Russell Coker, November 2009
  You may have heard it before − coast redwoods would be great to plant on the eroding soils of New Zealand. This is supported by ability of the species to…
• Some results from the Mangatu redwood sawing study
  Paul Silcock, February 2009
  In April last year a sawing study was carried out on a stand of coastal redwood in Mangatu forest. Details of the study’s methods and aims can be found in…
• Performance of coast redwood in New Zealand
  Rob Webster, May 2008
  A new interim growth model that predicts basal area and mean top height has been developed for coast redwood plantations in New Zealand. The project was initiated by NZ Forestry…
• Some 2007 thoughts on redwoods in New Zealand
  Bill Libby, August 2007
  My wife Iris and I recently led a tour of American friends from Auckland to Milford Sound. Then I was hosted by a series of New Zealand redwood enthusiasts on…
• The potential for coast redwood in New Zealand
  Rob Webster, May 2007
  Coast redwood is a native of northern California and a very small area of southern Oregon. It has been planted in localised areas in New Zealand on a number of…
• Rotorua redwoods
  Ian Nicholas, February 2007
  Whakarewarewa Forest was first planted in 1899, when there were 170 tree species planted as one of the first large experimental forests to help guide the afforestation of New Zealand.…
• Redwoods – an overview
  Ian Brown, February 2007
  Anyone who has spent time in the Long Mile Redwood Grove at Rotorua, or among the great cathedrals of redwood trees in California, will have felt the magic of a…
• Coast redwood silviculture in New Zealand
  Mark Dean, February 2007
  Californian coastal redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, has proved to grow well in New Zealand when correct siting and establishment practices are attended to. On good quality sites – warm, sheltered and with…
• Redwood in California: An overview of silvicultural systems
  John-Pascal Berrill and Kevin L O’Hara, February 2007
  Coast redwood is among the most unique of the world’s commercial conifers. Its natural range is confined to a relatively narrow fog belt along California’s coast. What really separates this…
• Redwood research: The way ahead
  Ian Nicholas, Paul Silcock and Luigi Gea, February 2007
  The recent resurgence of interest in redwoods largely stem from the opportunity to market New Zealand in the re-growth Californian redwood market. The Californian market has changed over the last…
• Redwood markets in California
  Janet Webb, February 2007
  The market for redwood timber has continued to change over the last several years as available supply and consumer demand shift.  With ever increasing regulatory constraints being placed on timber…
• The New Zealand Redwood Company
  Jim Rydelius, February 2007
  With as much enthusiasm as ever, The New Zealand Redwood Company is continuing to establish redwood forests on its properties, with the current total area of established redwoods almost 1,100…
• The first introductions of American redwoods to New Zealand
  Lindsay Poole, February 2007
  The mainstream of settlers to New Zealand following Maori were so numerous that extensive inroads were soon made into the fine native timber tree stands that grew scattered throughout the…
• Harvesting and marketing some pruned redwood giants
  Jeff Tombleson, February 2007
  In 1997 Forest Research (now Scion) harvested and marketed 26 giant redwood trees which were felled for various reasons including their close proximity to buildings. The trees had been planted…
• A love-hate relationship with redwood
  Wade Cornell, February 2007
  I have a love-hate relationship with redwood in New Zealand. The meteoric rise of redwood in the past few years is unparalleled among alternative species. In 2001 there would have…
• An update from California on coast redwood
  Bill Libby, February 2007
  To quote one of our redwood foresters ‘Redwood remains the most valuable species in California. Redwood has unlimited markets for products. Once established, redwood plantations have low silvicultural costs throughout…