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[bullbuck]

Well, the oldest ones are over 2K yr old.

It would be hard for me to cut a 2K+yr old tree for heat.

if i am not mistaken you are referring to the alligator junipers we have in this area?not pinon pine,and yes apparently we have either the third or fourth oldest juniper in the world?not for sure,and i think noone else is either,for the juniper does not neccessarily produce a growth ring every year,so they could be well in excess of two thousand years old,and yes i agree it would be tough to cut something of that stature into firewood

 

[floyd]

Talking about pinion pine.

 

[bullbuck]

Talking about pinion pine.

hmm i did not know that?well the pine beetles have wiped out about half of our pinons so far...i got in a patch of pinon cutting rightaway where there were about 8 pinon the biggest being 30"maybe 80'90'tall?i did not know they existed that large!we mowed em down just to lay there,cant blame me,just doing my job,but at the same time i do enjoy taking a rest under a pinon tree and snacking on the pinon nuts in a good year,they are tasty!

 

[gallegosmike]

I hope you are cutting only dead pinion. Have any idea how old those trees are?

My nfs tags are for green wood. LOL My fathers family has been cutting pinon in the pecos nm area for over 400 years! The state of new mexico is covered with pinon pine. It can grow in quite a few varied types of climates and altitudes.

The trees ages are from 200yrs to well over 600yrs old. The grow rate is between 6" for 150yrs to 200yrs for a foot. Ive seen some tree near water sources getting over 6" in 50 years.

Water is pretty scarce out here in new mexico!

 

[gallegosmike]

hmm i did not know that?well the pine beetles have wiped out about half of our pinons so far...i got in a patch of pinon cutting rightaway where there were about 8 pinon the biggest being 30"maybe 80'90'tall?i did not know they existed that large!we mowed em down just to lay there,cant blame me,just doing my job,but at the same time i do enjoy taking a rest under a pinon tree and snacking on the pinon nuts in a good year,they are tasty!

Up here in the northern nm, we did have a bad beetle problems. But at the same time we were going through a drought, That was stressing the trees and making them susceptible disease and insects. The last three winters have been okay and the trees are doing okay.

Last years crop of pinon nuts was great. Just about every tree I cut down was loaded with them.

I sure made some squirrels and field mice fat last year. :monkey:

 

[bullbuck]

My nfs tags are for green wood. LOL My fathers family has been cutting pinon in the pecos nm area for over 400 years! The state of new mexico is covered with pinon pine. It can grow in quite a few varied types of climates and altitudes.

The trees ages are from 200yrs to well over 600yrs old. The grow rate is between 6" for 150yrs to 200yrs for a foot. Ive seen some tree near water sources getting over 6" in 50 years.

Water is pretty scarce out here in new mexico!

that sounds more reasonable as far as a growth rate,so your familys been around since all of this land was mexico?so you are very native to this land!thats cool,some rugged country off in some of these canyons