• _spiffy@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Just make sure you plant native trees! The last thing we need is invasive species.

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      We’ve only got shitty monospecies forests where I live, due to commercial usage. I’m thinking, we could add an invasive species, as a treat. 🙃

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        Recommend reading “the secret life of trees” to learn about how important the diversity of forests is. The trees evolved to compete with each other, and as a result somewhat rely on the behaviors of old growth forests.

        Really interesting book. Nonfiction.

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      The arboretum near my house sells native plants for pretty cheap, I just bought a couple (although not the best time to be planting, but I put these in shaded areas and they’re doing ok so far)

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    Too hot in many places to plant right now but it’s a good time to plan for a fall planting! Anyone can do it, just need to look around your community for open spaces and then contact the org or person who manages it to get permission.

    If anyone has questions on tree planting or needs advice I’ve done quite a lot of it and would be happy to help advise.

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      What trees can I plant seeds for to become trees without permission? Are there wildflower seed bombs but for trees?

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        If the land is maintained they just end up getting cut, if it’s not maintained then nature will do its thing or taking saplings from a nearby forest works great, they risk dying unless the bigger trees die first so it gives them space to grow instead.

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          Baby trees rely on the shade of their parents (or rather older established trees. It takes a village…) to regulate growth. If they get too much sun and grow too fast, they grow up weak.

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        You could try but generally this isn’t the best way to establish trees. Type would be something well adapted to your climate that germinates easily. Can you provide any climate or regional information? In much of North America acorns would probably be the best choice but keep in mind they are perishable so you need to store them in a moist, cool environment until you can distribute them.

        I’ve been trying to brainstorm a way to help get trees established from seed actually. Maybe installing some kind of little stick cage to protect them and create a more moist, shady environment might help.

        Normally I grow them in my backyard in pots first, then plant them. Much higher rate of success this way but nothing wrong with experimenting with seeds.

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          7a/6b Midwest USA.

          I generally have a few volunteer trees of an unknown variety grow in my garden each year that I move elsewhere come gardening time. The local squirrels are very reliable at planting a wide variety of plants in my garden that I don’t actually want there…

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            So oaks are great in the Midwest. You could try collecting acorns from nearby trees in the fall and tossing them over a fence to see if they grow.

            However, if you live in a naturally forested area, it’s often more important to remove invasive species and prevent people from killing young trees than to plant new ones. If you see a lot or park that seems promising, see if you can connect with the manager of the space to see if they would allow you to clear out some weeds and give baby trees space to grow. You’ll need to learn to recognize the desirable and undesirable species to do this.

            In more manicured, urban spaces, it’s often necessary to plant larger trees since smaller ones will simply get mowed over. Sometimes there are local orgs that give them away for free, or you can collect seeds and put them in pots to grow them out, though that does take an extra level of knowledge to do correctly.

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    “You should plant trees”

    Me: distributes acorns over a thousand square feet of asphalt and cement

    Still no shade

    Any other suggestions?

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    I’ve planted seven trees in the house where I’ve been living for the past fourteen years. The yard is so much more pleasant and fresh since they thrived and grown.

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      Sounds dreamy. I mean, just catching a house to call home sounds dreamy but one with enough wiggle room to plant a bunch of trees is a treat. Still recall living with the folks when they tossed trees in the yard. Watching them grow up is awesome.

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    I’ll be honest, I’ve always been dubious of the idea that we can pump all the carbon shit into the air we want if we just plant enough trees to eat it. It sounds like a dodge, akin to clean coal.

    Maybe start from stop pumping all this carbon shit into the air, and take the commensurate lifestyle changes as the cost of our species surviving.

    That said, it’s extremely clear the long term survival of humanity on our only habitat isn’t a priority for humanity.

    Happy Prime Day everyone!

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    I planted 100 this year and might plant another hundred next year if I can decide where to put them. Probably on my neighbors property (it’s abandoned).