Can sandal trees can be harvested by the end of ten years ?
No, presently there is no concrete evidence suggesting that sandal can be harvested by the end of 10 years because the available literature clearly says that heartwood initiation starts only after 7th or 8th year. The Sandal brouchure of IWST based on available literature and data from sandal depots of State Forest Depts says that trees may be harvested after 15 -20 yrs. The longer it is retained the value will increase but risk factors like possibility of theft may also increase.
