if redwood is naturally rot resistant, why can’t we grow redwoods to build our buildings?

Question

Redwoods are still an evergreen and fast growing. Alternatively, we could put the tannin producing gene in a regular lumber tree to make it naturally rot resistant to be a green alternative to lumber treatments

In: Biology

Answer 1

I live in California and you can absolutely buy redwood dimensional lumber at HD and Lowe’s. It’s reasonably priced, used for a lot of outdoor projects.