I have never had to do it. however, as competitive, and hardy as these plants seem, at least in my area, I think it should work. It would be an interesting experiment, none the less. I have however, seen very hardy species, that just can not tolerate, transplantation.. There are many factors I believe that are not documented. The more information we can gather now, the further ahead we will be when it is impossible to obtain sassy oil. I am sure this is documented somewhere, however , my recent thoughts are concerning the amount of oil found in the root bark, as it pertains to the season and size of tree. This reminds me, of maple syrup. There is a certain time of year that the syrup is moving, "vasculary" throughout the tree. I wonder if this pertains to the concentration of sassy oil, at different times of the year. Again I have not even searched this topic, just something I have been thinking about lately. If there is no information available, it sure would make a nice addition to the hive.
Sassafrass albidum a comparison, of said species pertaining to safrole content, at specified times of year and height of tree. Samples would be taken once a month for twelve months. Three groups would be evaluated, trees under two meters, from two meters - four meters, and taller than four meters. This would take into consideration, age of the tree and time of year. I dunno, just something I have been tossing around. I figure I could start the experiment in th fall, and collect a Kg of root bark, from each specified height. Write up a procedure, for the distillation of safrole, just so we have, consistancy, in the results, and whoooooolaaaa. Maybe we find out that smaller trees have a higer safrole content, during the fall than, taller trees, in spring. I have no idea, this is just random thoughts.
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