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Planting trees for REPS!

  • 28-01-2011 10:30AM
    #1
    westlander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭


    Hello,
    Can anyone give me some pointers on what broad leaf trees I should plant for reps?

    There are so many to choose from. Also any tips for planting them?

    I dont like planting trees but its one of the options and seems less work than hedgerows.

    Thanks,
    westlander


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  • #2
    Mordy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭Mordy


    westlander wrote: »
    Hello,
    Can anyone give me some pointers on what broad leaf trees I should plant for reps?

    There are so many to choose from. Also any tips for planting them?

    I dont like planting trees but its one of the options and seems less work than hedgerows.

    Thanks,
    westlander

    Remember to always suit species to site, you're at nothing otherwise.

    What kind of land is it and what vegetation is currently growing on it?


  • #3
    westlander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭westlander


    Mordy wrote: »
    Remember to always suit species to site, you're at nothing otherwise.

    What kind of land is it and what vegetation is currently growing on it?

    Mordy,
    The field is divided by a ditch. On one side is good green grass but on the other side of the ditch the land isnt as good..bit acidic. There are some rushes growing in there and even some furs. I wanted to plant the trees on this part. On the greener side of the field the trees that are growing there are ash.


  • #4
    Mordy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭Mordy


    westlander wrote: »
    Mordy,
    The field is divided by a ditch. On one side is good green grass but on the other side of the ditch the land isnt as good..bit acidic. There are some rushes growing in there and even some furs. I wanted to plant the trees on this part. On the greener side of the field the trees that are growing there are ash.

    There is a old Gaelic saying which translates as ‘Gold under furze, silver under rushers and famine under heath’. And this is true, both furze and rushes are generally indicators of productive forestry ground. Also trees tend to prefer acidic ground rather than alkaline. These are just general rules of thumb and without a site visit to assess soil type, depth, drainage and susceptibility to frost I’d be hesitant to give you a exact species prescription.


  • #5
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,039 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    westlander wrote: »
    Mordy,
    The field is divided by a ditch. On one side is good green grass but on the other side of the ditch the land isnt as good..bit acidic. There are some rushes growing in there and even some furs. I wanted to plant the trees on this part. On the greener side of the field the trees that are growing there are ash.

    Sessile oak, Scots Pine and Mountain Ash sound like the species for you:)


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