Want More Income Per Acre? 

Are you looking for a way to generate more money from your idle land?

Plant trees for your income, not your grandchildren's.  Paulownia trees can be thinned in as little as 5 years and reach optimal lumber cutting size in about 12 years.  You don't have to wait 25 to 35 years as with most commercial trees.

Paulownia wood is among the highest valued American Hardwoods.

Lumber price comparison - per board foot*

Paulownia	$2 - $10
Cherry	$2
Oak	$.70
Walnut	$.60
Maple	$.55
Cedar	$.35
Pine	$.30

Once a Paulownia Tree is harvested, a new tree will grow from the old stump!  The same root can generate a new tree every 8 to 12 years - up to 10 or more full size trees.  This means that if you lived to 100, you could set up a cutting program that would continue to pay you year after year for the rest of your life.  And then, continue to provide for your children and grandchildren.

Your not just planting trees... you multiplying the value of your land.  The seedlings you plant could start generating cash flow in as little as 5 years and continue to generate income for as much as 100 years. 

Later generations that grow from the stump have the benefit of a well developed root system that rushes nutrients to the fast growing stalk.  It is not unusual to see coppiced trees grow 20 feet in one year.

Paulownia is moisture resistant, strong and lighter than any other US grown commercial timber.  It offers an environmentally sound alternative to expensive tropical woods like Balsa, Teak and Miranti. It’s also a great alternative for old growth woods like Western Red Cedar and Redwood. 

(7 Year Old Pine Trees Grown Next To 7 Year Old Paulownia Trees.  Paulownia trees produced 4x more wood volume than fast growing Pine trees of the same age. )

Even though Paulownia originates in the Orients, it's been grown in the United States for 150 years. Originally spread through out the mid Atlantic states when its seeds were used as packing material for imported porcelain.

The soil and climate, in the United States, grows some of the best Paulownia in the world. Ironically, Japanese timber scouts pay extremely high prices for naturally grown US Paulownia because it is superior to what is grown in the Orient.  Since the mid 1990s, these buyers have bought up most of the US supply of naturally grown Paulownia.

As naturally grown trees have dwindled, a new market has arisen for plantation grown Paulownia.  An estimated 6 million acres is under Paulownia cultivation worldwide. 1 It will be decades before growers will be able to adequately meet the ever growing demand for Paulownia wood.

7 Year Old Tree 14.5" DBH (diameter at breast height)

Paulownia Optimass® can reach 10 to 16 feet in the first season. Then 5 to 10 feet the second year, eventually growing 40 to 60 feet in less than 10 years. This special paulownia variety is developed specifically for timber growth.

In studies of 10 year old, fast growth paulownia stands – average timber volume of 122 board feet per tree and sawn lumber volume of 49 board feet or more, per tree were given.  2 (A board foot is a unit measure of 1" x 12" x 12")

We recommend planting trees on a 20’ x 20’ grid. This provides a total of 110 trees to the acre.  Planting closer than 16' x 16' is not recommended due to canopy overcrowding.

 

Selecting the right Paulownia clone

 Our Paulownia timber trees are produced from the best mother trees through the process of tissue culture cloning or root reproduction.  You get an exact genetic replica of mother trees proven to be superior in growth rate, size and hardiness.  

(Your Optimass tissue cultured trees are started in a laboratory under sterile conditions.  This process is more involved than growing from seed, but it produces a tree that can be cut in 5 to 12 years instead of 20 years. )

To learn more about growing Paulownia commercially, call us to discuss the timber stock that's right for your area.  We can provide you with helpful information - 704-545-1665.. 

To insure availability, commercial orders need to be placed several weeks in advance of planting.

 

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