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    Thinned out teak trees for sale

    Teak trees between 3" and 5" diameter and up to 20-25 feet. Great to make door/window frame or furnitures. 12 and 8 years old, excellent core wood with very little soft wood. This is a part of a thinning to allow other trees to grow girth. All trees are standing and there are 1,500 available. Asking prices is Baht 5,000 per metric ton as is, where is. Depending on quantity required, felling and loading cost can be negotiated.

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    I'm interested to know more about this thinning out. We have about 2500 trees about 8 years old. It's never been thinned out, would this need to be done soon?

    They don't seem to grow that well just bare sticks for a lot of the year but spring into life in the wet. They are probably the same size as yours. Do you need to take the stumps out as well?
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    Bung,
    I suppose it depends how close the trees are to each other, the soil, the water, maintenance etc.
    I planted mine in a triangular pattern, spacing is about 1.5 meters wich is good to get tall, straight trunk and minimal amount of branches. However with that sort of spacing the canopy cannot expand enough to allow girth grow, I would say, after 8 to 10 years. 3 meters is about the standard spacing but that slow down the vertical grow and let branches out which affect the quality of the timber.
    Can you water the land at the dry season? It makes a huge difference on the rate of growth.
    I hope that I won't have to take the stumps out as it is a major job and here is a risk to damage the roots of the remaining trees.
    Where are your trees? Mine are in Kanchanaburi on the river so watering is easy.

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    Mine are just outside of Petchabun. Very dry for a lot of the year and only spurts of growth in the wet say 3 to 4 months a year. Too expensive to pump enough water to justify it.

    I've no idea why the Mrs planted them but a lot of others around the area have done the same. maybe they had more rain 8 years ago or they know something I don't.

    They look terrible for most of the year apart from the ones near to where the grey water drains from my house (shower, sinks etc)

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    With no water around it is an uphill struggle. However it makes sense if the land is cultivated wirg something and the trees are planted, say, as an hedge around whatever crop there is. The next generation migt enjoy some of them. Another option is to look for plants that grow very log roots and are actually bringing water up. With water and proper thinnings one can expect commercial maturity (1 foot diameter trunk) as early as 15 years.
    Best of luck.

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