How do you tell the age of the tree?

[Jason Voorhees]

I was passing by a loggers place and saw a wood pile in the corner freshly chopped. How old does this tree look and what is that white substance. I asked him
How old the tree. He is just Randomly ran his hand across the log and said 15-16 years. I know you tell the trees age by its rings but where are they? I don't see any and When I asked if he planned to turn it into furniture he laughed and said "No sir, this wood's too brittle and prone to insect attacks. That white stuff you see is mold. It's only good for firewood and then he said But if you want good furniture wood I can sell you some teak at a decent price you can send it to a carpenter and get something nice made.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@BigBallsLarry

 

[BigBallsLarry]

I was passing by a loggers place and saw a wood pile in the corner freshly chopped. How old does this tree look and what is that white substance. I asked him
How old the tree. He is just Randomly ran his hand across the log and said 15-16 years. I know you tell the trees age by its rings but where are they? I don't see any and When I asked if he planned to turn it into furniture he laughed and said "No sir, this wood's too brittle and prone to insect attacks. That white stuff you see is mold. It's only good for firewood and then he said But if you want good furniture wood I can sell you some teak at a decent price you can send it to a carpenter and get something nice made.

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I remember i was taught this in middle school geography.. forgot all about it now.

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Debetro @optimisticzoomer must be knowing all this

 

[VrillFatNoob24]

I was passing by a loggers place and saw a wood pile in the corner freshly chopped. How old does this tree look and what is that white substance. I asked him
How old the tree. He is just Randomly ran his hand across the log and said 15-16 years. I know you tell the trees age by its rings but where are they? I don't see any and When I asked if he planned to turn it into furniture he laughed and said "No sir, this wood's too brittle and prone to insect attacks. That white stuff you see is mold. It's only good for firewood and then he said But if you want good furniture wood I can sell you some teak at a decent price you can send it to a carpenter and get something nice made.

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count the circles inwards towards outwards

 

[Jason Voorhees]

View attachment 4283107 count the circles inwards towards outwards

Oh I see it now you are supposed to count in the middle

 

[VrillFatNoob24]

Oh I see it now you are supposed to count in the middle

Yes

 

[browncurrycel]

I was passing by a loggers place and saw a wood pile in the corner freshly chopped. How old does this tree look and what is that white substance. I asked him
How old the tree. He is just Randomly ran his hand across the log and said 15-16 years. I know you tell the trees age by its rings but where are they? I don't see any and When I asked if he planned to turn it into furniture he laughed and said "No sir, this wood's too brittle and prone to insect attacks. That white stuff you see is mold. It's only good for firewood and then he said But if you want good furniture wood I can sell you some teak at a decent price you can send it to a carpenter and get something nice made.

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I read when i was a kid that you could tell a tree's age by the number of concentric circles the trunk had

Not sure if true.

 

[Debetro]

Looks 15 to me

 

[Willmogulater]

Never ask a tree it's age