How did you evaluate the quality of the trees being planted as a component of survival?. I used free trees to plant over 2000 whips to restore and recreate hedgerows and tree lines locally. Many of the whips we were sent did not appear to have been root pruned and therefore had very poor root systems. This will have severely affected survival, especially given the highly problematic weather since planting (mainly the lack of rain for long periods) where after care and watering were always going to be a challenge.
Thanks for your question, Tean. During the course of the project we wanted to trial tree planting in a real-world environment, so we ran procurement of the trees in the way we normally would. We got the trees from certified nurseries and worked with stock in the way we always do. There will likely have been a variety of whips in the mix.
Interesting preliminary finding, be very interested to see what data from the other council schemes shows. Look forward to reading the published research when available.
Excellent piece of work Sophie. I would love to talk to you a bit more as i want to do a similar project as the Tree Warden in Battle. my email is battletreewarden@gmail.com so i hope you might make contact?
How did you evaluate the quality of the trees being planted as a component of survival?. I used free trees to plant over 2000 whips to restore and recreate hedgerows and tree lines locally. Many of the whips we were sent did not appear to have been root pruned and therefore had very poor root systems. This will have severely affected survival, especially given the highly problematic weather since planting (mainly the lack of rain for long periods) where after care and watering were always going to be a challenge.
Thanks for your question, Tean. During the course of the project we wanted to trial tree planting in a real-world environment, so we ran procurement of the trees in the way we normally would. We got the trees from certified nurseries and worked with stock in the way we always do. There will likely have been a variety of whips in the mix.
Interesting preliminary finding, be very interested to see what data from the other council schemes shows. Look forward to reading the published research when available.
Excellent piece of work Sophie. I would love to talk to you a bit more as i want to do a similar project as the Tree Warden in Battle. my email is battletreewarden@gmail.com so i hope you might make contact?