I'm thinking about growing wood, so I figured out I'll post it here.
So I've got this small piece of land (20+ha) where I currently grow nothing, just cut grass and get some sweet EU money. It's nice, but it'll end soon, so I'm thinking how can I use this plot of land, and I found this chinese superhero, Pawlounia tree which seems suspiciously profitable, so I told myself that I'll share what I know with you.
It grows super fast, you should be able to get 1m^3 from one tree in just 8 years, and after you cut it down tree will regrow back, even a little faster. Wood is not very dense, but still dense enough to use for pretty much anything. As I said, it's not a tree, it's chinese superhero.
let's do some basic math…
One tree requires about 4x5m^2 = 20 m^2. 1 ha = 10.000m^2 => 1 ha = 500 trees.
Solid boards sells at about 250€/m^3, but I'm no farmer, I have no contacts, let's use 100€/m^3 as best case scenario, and 20€/m^3 (firewood) as worst case scenario
By this logic, 1 ha should produce something between 500*20€ and 500*100€, or 10.000€ and 50.000€ every 8 years. 500 trees cost about 3750€, so profit, without calculation price of tech and fuel, is something between 6.250€ and 46.250€, or something between 780€ and 5780€ per annum. This looks fucking insanely good, I believe there must be some hidden things I do not see right now.
I do not own tractor, so planting more than 1 ha is impossible.
What do you think about it? Do you think I have forgot about something? Do you have any suggestions?
I personally want to buy 10 trees this spring and plant them so I'll make sure that they won't reject my land, find out if deers find them tasty and so on.