How many tree have you planted

[campanula]

mmmm, I am fainting at the numbers a bit too since in our little poplar plantation we have felled 7 to enlarge a clearing and so far, only planted 7 to replace.....although there are long lines of 5litre pots with tiny tree seedlings at my allotment. Have no money for buying anything so its seed collecting and home germination.....so the whole process is going to be years and years (and we are only one year in on this lark)........but on the other hand, the plantation had no diversity apart from a few oaks and hawthorn, goat willow, elder...the usual stuff) whereas I am growing service trees, redwoods, hornbeam and alder (lots of alder) plus a few experimentals such as locusts, pawlonia, golden ash, liquidamber. As forestry novices, we are somewhat staggered by the idea of planting on 2m centres.....and I am not going for full coverage either because I am a gardener and need light.

[spandit]

I need to start growing my own - buying large quantities of bareroot trees is quite expensive

[Pipmac]

One or two

[aitch]

I was quite pleased with my 1500 this year until i read some of the numbers on here. I've got a lot of catching up to do!

[aspenarb]

I was quite pleased with my 1500 this year until i read some of the numbers on here. I've got a lot of catching up to do!

 

Its a bit mind numbing but the planting is the easy bit, its the stakes,tubes and in sum cases the mats+pegs that our lads hate . Especially trying to get those micky mouse plastic pegs into bony old ground.

 

Bob