Is that because the grass will literally overshadow the planted tree and maybe also the grass roots will outcompete the seedling roots?I don't give those trees much of a chance, being planted in such a thick grass turf.
Should have killed the grass half a year before.
That used to be the way here.I tried to find a decent youtube video of reforestation planting with hoedads in the PNW, without success. One huge difference from what we see in Stigs pictures is the site prep. There it appears to be tilled, with no leftover forest product on the ground. He mentioned that the cultivator was not able to work at one point due to wet soils, so they didn't plant.
Here in the Cascades the clearcut sites are not prepped much at all. There is a large component of slash and existing growing plants and brush to contend with. Often rocky ground, and plenty of steep. Just getting at the soil to make a planting spot is hard, often. It's tough work.
The hoax that killed off all the Pinion pines on my property, 20 years before I got to it? I plan on doing a write up on the subject, with pictures at some point. That is if anyone is interested?That used to be the way here.
Then my forwarder guy bought a cultivator 10 years ago.
More and more clients for that, so this year he shelled out 200 grand for a new one.
This is not just a rotary plow, it rotates by hydraulic power.
Waaaayyy better.
With the climate change (you know, the hoax that democrats and libtards came up with, so they could take away your big pickup trucks and eventually, of course, your guns) giving us extremely dry springs(this year was a record) thecultivating really makes a difference.
Another consideration is how old your seedlings are?We do both.
Gotta get a mulcher or whatever it is called, to deal with the stumps before machine planting.
Costs money.