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From: Gil Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Soil Test
> Hi! Lloyd,
> We have developed a system of direct seeding native trees which we use in
areas
> of twenty inch rainfall down to under five inch.
>
> We plant many species on each site, often a mixture of fifty to eighty
types.
> Thus nearly always one will have a number of species that will suit the
micro
> clime and the weather that year. Last year was just spectacular, with
everything
> being just right and those trees are now thirteen months and as advanced
as tube
> stock two to three years old.
>
> In the under five inch areas, we sheet mulch with leaf litter from local
trees,
> after seeding. Then it does not matter if the rains do not come for years,
they
> will still grow.
>
> Gil
Gooday Gil
Yes I was referring to hand planted tube stock which I
assumed was what Liz's friend lost. You are surely on the right track with
direct seeding which is after all how nature did it in the first place
(still does) - trouble is for many years in NSW at least the forestry
department ( / Ag / lands now) was the major supplier of tube stock trees -
and generated a lot of money from it - they still run at least three major
nurseries supplying trees to farmers and landcare - along with that they are
the major source of wisdom and advice - there has been almost ZERO effective
work done by these official people in the area of direct seeding - some
farmers are figuring it out themselves - but no thanks to the people that
ought to be the most help!
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
>
>
