| 4800019 |
drainage |
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Closeup of sitka spruce planted after peat |
| 5169095 |
sessile oak |
Quercus petraea |
Tree shelters used for establishment and protection of young trees and plants. View of an experiment, the shelters in the foreground showing how they are stacked to save space. One of many tree shelter experiments that I have worked on. Here, oak(Quercus petraea), was the subject and can just be seen in some of the shelters. Earlier work had indicated the need to use strong stakes,hence those on the left. |
| 5170002 |
planting |
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Tree planting and establishment techniques.This was a large demonstration plot in an ex-industrial area of NW Midlands. UK. Planted to show participants in a Community Forest project various techniques. In this view,black plastic and wood chip mulches are shown. Control of competitive weeds is very important in the establishment of young transplants. The Short-tailed Vole (Microtus agrestis) can be a problem under the plastic sheet mulch, finding it much to their liking and damaging/destroying the base of the trees by gnawing. |
| 5170004 |
planting |
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Tree planting. Establishment and protection. Tree shelters. Community Forest. Reclamation and restoration of coalfield/colliery/power station workings and spoil. NW. Midlands, UK. Landscaping on a widespread, industrial scale. Ground contamination widespread and often capped with top soil. The canes supporting the shelters were not strong enough, weed control could have been better and Voles (Microtus agrestis)were destroying stems! |
| 4800021 |
drainage |
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2+0 Sitka Spruce bareroot seedling planted on a mound which facilitates drainage. |
