I like Ash, just worried about establishing it. Don't mind sycamore either, but how to keep some low level growth?
Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 8407 Location: South Cornwall
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 06 1:16 pm Post subject:
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but how to keep some low level growth?
Coppice every 2nd or 3rd one. All the Ash I have here I cut when they reach 4-5" in girth (Fire wood size). Always leaving the thinner stems to thicken. As to water they might need some to establish in a dry summer but once they are going they should cope with anything mother nature has to chuck at them apart from an ice age.
Someone's just suggested a 2 tier approach. Hazel as the lower story and oak above it, seeing as we've lost only 1 walnut to drought I think we could go black walnut (timber) and hazels, it'd look nice and seeing as I'll be controlling squirrels anyway I could get to harvest some nuts...
What do we think?
Blue Peter
Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 2400 Location: Milton Keynes
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 06 3:11 pm Post subject:
tahir wrote:
I'll be controlling squirrels anyway
How will you be controlling squirrels?
Peter.
judith
Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 22789 Location: Montgomeryshire
Own root black walnut should be quite quick, it'll need some N fixing though (bugger)
Although I think at least some of the 1st year problems have been due to some trees growing to vigorously, outstripping available moisture. Which of course meant that the slower growing walnuts did better.
judith
Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 22789 Location: Montgomeryshire
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 06 3:23 pm Post subject:
There's a lot more to this tree-planting business than first meets the eye, isn't there?
tasty
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