this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
15 points (100.0% liked)
Tree Huggers
577 readers
3 users here now
A community to discuss, appreciate, and advocate for trees and forests. Please follow the SLRPNK instance rules, found here.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That is most beautiful and recommended. In most areas however, newly planted trees need care in the first years. A lot of the new trees planted after the forest fires here in Southern Europe have died, because all the money and work power was there for the very visible replanting, but nobody ever really thought about the less visible ongoing care of the small trees.
A few years ago I looked into water harvesting with slow release to maybe improve the survival rate of plant-and-forget, but it is not easy in places where you have not lots of rainfall.
I guess the problem didn't exist in the above-mentioned case because he planted along a waterline. I imagine plant-and-abandon can be done like this, and then the planted areas could be extended gradually further away from the water line, to plant more trees in the shade and protection of the initial plantation once these start to thrive.
I think so, as he recently did a video where he goes back and visits the area 2 years later (plan to post that tomorrow), and he estimated that about 70% survived.
Based on the species, I’m assuming this is coastal Southern Australia. That is a pretty mild and excellent climate for trees, so that might have been a factor. In my area (California) you will have much higher mortality if there is no care after planting.
Sounds like he was thoughtful about the specifies and site selection. If you are careful about those things, the trees can get by with less care. The worst projects that see total failure are poor species planted poorly at poor sites with poor care.