The weather and the soil here in Kona is practical saying the best for Paulownias, so it certainly will turn out to be a successful (profitable) short term operation.
"Intercropping Studies conducted by the International Development Research Center, show that individual 10-year-old Paulownia trees, produced 190 to 233 board feet of volume. After sawing 40% of this into marketable lumber, the grower would be left with 76 to 93 board feet per tree of marketable lumber."
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Have you been sucessful> I am interested to plant Paulownia on my property on Maui.
Thanks for your question. I actually was part of the crew that worked on the project, so as far as I know, the project has been stopped, for internal political reasons. If you are really interested to learn more about Paulownia, you should get in touch with Skyler, who lives in Kauai and who was responsible for the project. Try this number: 635-7712.
Let me know if you got him over the phone.
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