Woodland Planting Advice

[dumper]

The closer you plant the better up to a point on a 2/1.5 m space the plants will soon start to shade out the grass and keep each other straight it also means less beating up required less mulch etc the trees will not be much thicker than a pencil the sooner you can stop maintaining the better but you will need to control the grass for first 4/5 years till they establish

might be worth marking each tree with bamboo cane if your not going to use shelters or spirals 

[Stuart Picken]

https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/documents/6579/FCBU112.pdf

 

Very good short book on planting new native woodlands. Stongly suggest having a quick read.

 

I know i'm digging up an old topic - how are things coming along?

 

Just a thought in terms of species selection: I know most people seem to be saying plant a huge variety of species, but i'd suggest you should look into the 'native vegetation classification' and identify an appropriate type for the site, and select species out of that. You'd be aiming to identify the appropriate local natural habitat, and recreate that. I don't know anything about your part of the world though, so i'm not going to weigh in with suggestions!

Also, I know there's lots of talk about mulches - they're not really necessary but greater labour but mulches down at the start can save weeding costs later on. That's the main thing they're offering. Otherwise expect weeding via spray or hand weeding.

I know you've no deer or rabbits. But voles are likely in your site? If there's any i would suggest putting short vole guards on your trees. Also, consider putting a wee cane next to each one to ease weeding later on.

Finally preparation, just churning up the soil with a spade for 10cm around the plant is worth doing. Expect to come back and weed though.

[DanHorrich87]

Fungi: the missing link in tree planting schemes

THECONVERSATION.COM

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Plant the right trees in the right places – with the right fungal companions.

 

[Stere]

Read the article but it seems abit wishy washy in  getting to what it actually calls for on the ground, for any tree planting schemes.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Stere