Practice Abstract - Research and innovation

Getting trees from your own tree nursery made easy - how to easily establish a tree nursery on your farm (Network: Poland | Juchowo)

In Poland MIXED is engaged with the Stanisław Karłowski Foundation, a foundation which is at the core of Juchowo Village Project that runs the acreage of a former state farm now as organic and biodynamic. To improve soil and growing conditions trees and bushes are planted as windbreaks and hedges – to stop erosion and drying out of soil. In times of climate change and unreliable rainfall, this has become important to maintain productivity on the farm. Producing own seedlings to save costs and careful management to ensure that hard work is not wasted are simple but useful methods. Lessons learned to be share are:
For growing seedlings, you need:
• a little space (it can be any size, depending on how much space you have at your disposal, and how many trees or bushes you want to grow),
• seeds which you can either collect yourself from the wild or purchase at your local forestry center,
• a simple method for irrigating the seeds. This can be a perforated hose, connected to a canister or water tap.
• time - after giving the seedlings some time to grow (mostly 2years, depending on the species), you can take the young trees from your tree nursery and plant them where you want them in the field.
When seedlings are planted, it is important to consider:
• young trees will need protection against animals and browsing by circling them with nets.
• make sure the seedlings will have sufficient access to water (this may be by nature, if your site is moist enough, or by irrigating them by hoses or water bags.)
Most of the items that need to be purchased, like nets, canisters or water bags, can be reused, which makes an on farm tree nursery a low cost activity for the benefit of the farm.
Source Project
MIXED - Multi-actor and transdisciplinary development of efficient and resilient MIXED farming and agroforestry systems
Ongoing | 2020-2025
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Geographical location
Denmark
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