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Bloom where you are planted.
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Mangudai wrote:
I've never started a large volume of trees from seed. Any suggestions? Comments?
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Mangudai wrote:
I have a friend who lives in NW Iowa which is a cold and windy Zone 4 climate. She wants to plant 10 acres of trees on one of her fields. She wants to encourage the maximum biodiversity and follow permaculture principles.
The field she wants to plant was formerly a gravel pit. She has done rotational intensive cattle grazing on it for 9 years and built up about 8" of black topsoil. The field is a west facing hill which drys out in the summer time, has a stream at the bottom which floods in spring. Keyline management might work well. And, the field is exposed to 15+ mph winds almost continuously. If the winter weather gets harsh, it gets really harsh.
There is some forest in the area, but fairly low diversity of trees. I'm planning to gather a vareity of tree seeds where I live (zone 5/6) and mail them to her.
I've never started a large volume of trees from seed. Any suggestions? Comments?
Bessey's successful tree planting experiment in Holt County on land furnished by Lawrence Bruner in 1891 led to the establishment of forest reservations in Thomas and Cherry Counties in l902. The Nebraska National Forest is the only one in our National Forest system which is planted rather than natural.
Gary
Gary
Mangudai wrote:
Mice and voles beneath the snow are terror on young fruit trees.
John Alabarr wrote:Let nature do some of the hard work for your friend. Plant trees at the top of the hill. As they produce nuts or seeds and they drop and roll down the hill, they will germinate and establish on the side of the hill.
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