Wet field and planting 2mt oak trees will this help

[skoda]

Id make holes first and a few hours later if there's water in the hole stick an Alder in ,if it has no visible water stick a silver birch in possibly or other similar types of tree . Willows if you can harvest with a large machine or a very big chipper are good, but hard work if you have to cut ,cart and process . I have planted a lot of Alders on nearly all the wet ground on my farm and in all honesty there is little need to spray or cut vegetation around them as they are so fast growing ,the only reason I have done a little bit of spraying of Glysophate(roundup) is to comply with the rules of the grant I have claimed to help pay for the planting & fencing. Alders or willow will self seed effortlessly ,in 10 years or less you can get a quick return with a bit of hard work to follow and you will not need to replant.

[SteveA]

Id make holes first and a few hours later if there's water in the hole stick an Alder in ,if it has no visible water stick a silver birch in possibly or other similar types of tree . Willows if you can harvest with a large machine or a very big chipper are good, but hard work if you have to cut ,cart and process . I have planted a lot of Alders on nearly all the wet ground on my farm and in all honesty there is little need to spray or cut vegetation around them as they are so fast growing ,the only reason I have done a little bit of spraying of Glysophate(roundup) is to comply with the rules of the grant I have claimed to help pay for the planting & fencing. Alders or willow will self seed effortlessly ,in 10 years or less you can get a quick return with a bit of hard work to follow and you will not need to replant.

 

What grant insists on spraying with Roundup? cheers, steve

[matelot]

what do you mean 2mt oak trees? a 2m spacing or 2m high?

 

planting 2m high trees would take a lot of work....

 

if the ground is wet how about digging a pond?

[mendiplogs]

what do you mean 2mt oak trees? a 2m spacing or 2m high?

 

planting 2m high trees would take a lot of work....

 

if the ground is wet how about digging a pond?

 

Hi mate yes 2mt tall and it not very very wet I do not need a pond thanks it not that wet thanks Jon

[matelot]

are you buying 2m high trees? you can buy 60cm high ones for about 50 pence... and you can plant them in a few minutes.

[arboriculturist]

What grant insists on spraying with Roundup? cheers, steve

 

Many funded schemes require herbicide treatment and millions of plantation trees are treated each year - good or bad you will be fighting your corner without success until the day you die. ( Just one view point though)

[mendiplogs]

are you buying 2m high trees? you can buy 60cm high ones for about 50 pence... and you can plant them in a few minutes.

 

Hi mate I no that BUT LARGER trees take up more water thanks Jon

[SteveA]

Many funded schemes require herbicide treatment and millions of plantation trees are treated each year - good or bad you will be fighting your corner without success until the day you die. ( Just one view point though)

 

You are entitled to your opinion; I just happen to disagree with it.

cheers, steve

[arboriculturist]

You are entitled to your opinion; I just happen to disagree with it.

cheers, steve

 

The ideal of mulching I would 100% support in a garden setting or a community planting, where there is plenty of free labour.

 

In a commercial environment with tens of thousands of trees to plant, it's just not viable.

[SteveA]

The ideal of mulching I would 100% support in a garden setting or a community planting, where there is plenty of free labour.

 

In a commercial environment with tens of thousands of trees to plant, it's just not viable.

 

Try telling that to the people that used to plant thousands upon thousands of trees before Roundup was invented.

cheers, steve