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title: "Westley Roe writes:  "WOW! We have never seen this before! Have you…"
date: 2020-04-21
source: facebook
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# Westley Roe writes:  "WOW! We have never seen this before! Have you…

*April 21, 2020 · Facebook*

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Westley Roe writes: \"WOW! We have never seen this before!\
Have you heard of Daisugi? Daisugi is a Japanese forestry technique where specially planted cedar trees are pruned heavily (think of it as giant bonsai) to produce \"shoots\" that become perfectly uniform, straight and completely knot free lumber.\
The shoots are carefully and gently pruned by hand every two years leaving only the top boughs, allowing them to grow straight. Harvesting takes 20 years and old \"tree stock\" can grow up to a hundred shoots at a time. The technique originated in the 14th century.\
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In the 14th c. a form of very straight and stylized sukiya-zukuri architecture was high fashion, but there simply weren\'t nearly enough raw materials to build these homes for every noble or samurai who wanted one. Hence this clever solution of using bonsai techniques on trees.\
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The daisugi looks very peculiar, so even when demand for the lumber dropped off in the 16th century demand for them in ornamental gardens kept the forest wardens busy.\
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What do you think if this technique? Better than destroying the whole tree?\"
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