: Someone here is bound to correct me if this is a bad idea...

I would worry about gaps opening up as the wet wood dried, especially with plain-sawn strips. The space between strips could be double the shrinkage of a single strip. Shrinkage of quarter-sawn strips would be mostly in thickness, but not enough in a 1/4" strip to cause problems.

Reaction wood results from stresses caused by things like trees growing on a hillside. The stresses try to equalize when drying and might cause some twists, distortions, or lift off forms.

Glue might not harden on damp wood. Steel staples might leave rust spots. The wood might mildew. The strips will be fuzzy if cut wet. The sky might fall in.

On the other hand, you might miss an early launch next year which would be worse than all the above.