All about climbing and rigging (NOT)

[R_Schra]

As a Tree worker i surely dont just trim and remove trees. I also plant new and relocate older trees....

Here a pic of us planting new forest (nature compensation for industry zones) at a rate of 8000-10000 pieces a day. No trees here that i will climb in my lifespan.

 

[Leif]

Do you have to provide any further care for the trees, or will they mature on their own? Sounds like a lot of trees to have to water! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Tom Dunlap]

A number of years ago I spent a weekend helping some friends plant seedlings onto some acerage that they bought. The land used to be cropland but it was so sandy that nothing grew. They got the land on a special deal from the state. If they replanted with shrubs and trees and kept it as conservation land the taxes were kept VERY low. They can't develop the land for a certain number of years.

We used a small Kubota tractor to pull the plow. Only one person could ride the plow. That was a rewarding weekend. By now the plants must be looking like a real woods.

 

[R_Schra]

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Do you have to provide any further care for the trees, or will they mature on their own? Sounds like a lot of trees to have to water! /forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Hi,

No further care is given. Just let them grow and mature on their own. They are planted at 1 meter by 1.5 meter. So many trees close together and some may die in the maturing proces. (total of 130.000 plants) They are planted in former agricultural ground, on clayisch sand, so (ground)watering will be no problem. Because the late planting we could use some rain over it to set the soil around the roots. Most trees are Fraxinus 50%, Quercus 20%, Fagus 20%, Ulmus 1%, Populus 3%, Salix (5 species) 6%.

On the outher side of the planted trees we plant a very diverse mix of bushes (17 species) Those flower for the bees and give berries/nuts for the wildlife.

 

[philmuscato]

Thanks for cooling our planet, I love your plant selection, good deversity.