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Many turners recommend using trees cut while dormant for Natural edge bowls to keep the bark.
It seems to me these folks mostly live In the north or higher elevations - Growth zones 3-5 and maybe 6
It may be that they live where maple syrup can be made.
In growth zone 9 (central Florida where I live) trees don’t go dormant and bark stays on whenever the trees are cut.
When I lived in Maryland (growth 7) turners made natural edge bowl all year round with success in keeping the bark.
I have a theory that the “dormant harvesting is best“ Only applies in some growth zones.
What is your experience based on growth zone shown in the burpee’s map below?
If you only do new bowls on late fall and winter harvested trees - what growth zone do
you live in?
If you turn NE Bowls with bark on all year what growth zone do you live in?
It seems to me these folks mostly live In the north or higher elevations - Growth zones 3-5 and maybe 6
It may be that they live where maple syrup can be made.
In growth zone 9 (central Florida where I live) trees don’t go dormant and bark stays on whenever the trees are cut.
When I lived in Maryland (growth 7) turners made natural edge bowl all year round with success in keeping the bark.
I have a theory that the “dormant harvesting is best“ Only applies in some growth zones.
What is your experience based on growth zone shown in the burpee’s map below?
If you only do new bowls on late fall and winter harvested trees - what growth zone do
you live in?
If you turn NE Bowls with bark on all year what growth zone do you live in?
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