It seems that the idea of monoculture is so deep rooted, that rows of mixed trees of fruit trees and timber trees with some bushes inbetween is unthinkable. Still diversity protects nature and income....
Coppice is ideal when erosion control is your greatest concern as you only ever regenerate the tree and never kill it, they have found coppice stools many centuries old. When planting for erosion control look for a vigorous growing native alder species and combine it with the practice of coppicing, this will ensure a steady income as you select a few rows to cut down each winter for coppice and limit shading, especially if you are forced to plant north to south, then repeat every 5-15 years. In spring it will cause vigorous root and new bud growth. The alder will now have a much bushier appearance and the root system increases in size each time it is cut without killing it. Prune it down to 3 stems on year 2 after coppice selecting for the biggest ones. Sell the wood or make charcoal out of it, make chips for smoking or mulch around the trees. You can mix in some oak trees which can be coppiced on a 50 year rotation, if you manage and prune the alders adjacent to it after coppice the oak will grow straighter. Alder fixes nitrogen, has a deep root system which brings up minerals, and tolerates wet or dry conditions due to its deep taproot. You must protect the coppiced trees with cages or fencing the first 2 years or until out of reach from grazing.
To take care.... down any threes there is no grass!!!!... thats impossible and with the others yess.... to choose well.... and the distance betwen the lines of threes must be suficient for the cropps have air and sun.... threes of different ages is very good too... Bravo and By the boys!!... sorry my whritting
1:12 some passive-aggressive comments of the wife reminding her husband how her father had cleared the land ;) and he was worried what friends and farming neighbours would say (but good thing is he did not mind his wife disapproving). He did it in 1999 (after the record heat year of 1997, I think that may have been global), and the trees now look good and he gets good cuttings. That it is hard work does not make it noble, or smart. Imagine how much better and easier and SAFER those farmers could have farmed if they had chosen to grow perenials (also for the starches !). Trees attract birds I wonder if they would have gotten locust plagues if a LOT of trees would have been promoted. Or building little ponds, they deal with the insects as soon as they start to procreate so strongly. The farming with land clearing did not work so well for the Ingalls family. Not in Wisconsin, or more to the West, not sure which was the Western state they ended. After Laura had married Lorenzo Widler the young couple continued to have bad harvests, once the wheat being killed by a hail storm just days before the harvest. A diversified strategy with perenials culd have helped. If you have a field with perenials and do not even try to plough, you can ignore the tree stumps, roots and stones. They stumps will eventually rot into beautiful soil. In the meantime they could be covered in some twigs and branches and grow mushrooms. Those conventional farming practices also resulted in the dust bolw storms of the 1930s. The time before was wetter than usual, so the soil destroying practices did not manifest immediately. But the degradation had gone on for a few decades and then they had summers with little rain (and farm practices that encourage instead of minimizing evaporation and runoff). It is ironic that one self serving argument to seize the land from the First Nations was that the white settler took better care of the land. (see the books of Laura Ingalls-Wilder, when the little girl asks her parents whether the natives will not be angry if driven off the land) a) no one betted an eye about cash crops on plantations or large parks for the rich b) it took the colonists only a few decades (1870s - 1930s) to destroy a lot of prairie topsoil that had taken thousands of years to build.
I know this was 2 years ago but if you didn't find your answer id say no. the blackberries will be spread through bird dropping. The root suckers might thin as they come to the trees but it won't stop them.
Check out Mark Shephard's farm how he did Alley cropping in the past (he wants a forest, so the alleys with annuals were only for cash when the trees had not yet matured). Also: if the ground is covered by different, medium to lower perennial ! plants also including legumes there are no herbicides and artificial nitrogen fertilizers necessary. Herbicides around the tree stem - really ? How about a little straw or carton for immediate mulch and weed suppression. The plants should be high enough to have a good start and a little extra compost and water in the planting hole to give them a boost. As soon as they are established a fast growing LOW, nitrogen fixing ground cover can be sown, it will suppress the weeds, but will not compete with the sapling for light or nutrients - on the contrary. There are also trees ! that are great nitrogen fixers, and could be planted in between. Thinner branches and twigs and leaves can be chopped on a regular base. And left at the place as mulch, that eventually decomposes. Like in a forest. That boosts soil life and prevents evaporation. The trees also provide water for the alley crop - and pump up nutrients. The fungi in the soil distrubute nutrients and water ALSO to the cash crop (the annual) but for that effect you cannot till (it is highly disruptive likely it destroys the networks of the funig. And fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides kill soil life. Ideally no soil remains uncovered something always grows as long as it it warm enough (else the plants stay in place waiting for spring (so the roots at least prevent erosion). Tthe plants harvest ! carbon from the air, and some also nitrogen, and depending on how deep their roots to - or how much fungi are allowed to develop by humans they bring up minerals from the underground. They create sugars for soil life (bacteria and fungi) which in turn supply minerals, and help with water distribution in exchange. Trees deliver those sugars (exudes) via tree roots, they barter with bacteria and fungi. The LIQUID CARBON PATH is a MAJOR factor in humus creation. Humus is complex molecules containing a lot of carbon. Those molecules also can integrate salts (they often are a problem if irrigating with water from underground), or even heavy metals. Those harmful elements and chemicals do not vanish, but they become inert. Humus = higher carbon content of the soil. Which increases the ability of soil to absorb and HOLD water. Flood and draught proofing the land. Plus of course sequestering CO2.
Man this is good for so much more that could be added so easily
2022 farming at the Brazilian rain forest region in the state of Para.
Good informations all around, thanks, 12 years late 😅
It seems that the idea of monoculture is so deep rooted, that rows of mixed trees of fruit trees and timber trees with some bushes inbetween is unthinkable. Still diversity protects nature and income....
Coppice is ideal when erosion control is your greatest concern as you only ever regenerate the tree and never kill it, they have found coppice stools many centuries old.
When planting for erosion control look for a vigorous growing native alder species and combine it with the practice of coppicing, this will ensure a steady income as you select a few rows to cut down each winter for coppice and limit shading, especially if you are forced to plant north to south, then repeat every 5-15 years. In spring it will cause vigorous root and new bud growth. The alder will now have a much bushier appearance and the root system increases in size each time it is cut without killing it. Prune it down to 3 stems on year 2 after coppice selecting for the biggest ones.
Sell the wood or make charcoal out of it, make chips for smoking or mulch around the trees.
You can mix in some oak trees which can be coppiced on a 50 year rotation, if you manage and prune the alders adjacent to it after coppice the oak will grow straighter.
Alder fixes nitrogen, has a deep root system which brings up minerals, and tolerates wet or dry conditions due to its deep taproot.
You must protect the coppiced trees with cages or fencing the first 2 years or until out of reach from grazing.
This is growing patterns of trees and crops inter cropping in sequences ways that maintaining soils fertility
"My wife reminded me... a few times..."
Its I like ,thanks 🙏
We need a lot more wind breaks here in Utah
Hola. Buen día. Gracias por el video. Tengo una transcripción en español de este vídeo por si les interesa. Saludos desde Colombia.
Thanks for collection and share it !!! Blessed
Online class brought me here 💁🏽♀️
we got very nice information 10Q!
I am Montagnard indigenous I love trees when I saw ethnic Vietnamese cut all the forest in Central highland it’s very sad.
Very informative. Thank you. Lets you get a small income regularly while also working toward a larg one time income from the timber.
Whole world should go for agro forestry then agro industries
To take care.... down any threes there is no grass!!!!... thats impossible and with the others yess.... to choose well.... and the distance betwen the lines of threes must be suficient for the cropps have air and sun.... threes of different ages is very good too... Bravo and By the boys!!... sorry my whritting
1:12 some passive-aggressive comments of the wife reminding her husband how her father had cleared the land ;) and he was worried what friends and farming neighbours would say (but good thing is he did not mind his wife disapproving). He did it in 1999 (after the record heat year of 1997, I think that may have been global), and the trees now look good and he gets good cuttings.
That it is hard work does not make it noble, or smart. Imagine how much better and easier and SAFER those farmers could have farmed if they had chosen to grow perenials (also for the starches !).
Trees attract birds I wonder if they would have gotten locust plagues if a LOT of trees would have been promoted. Or building little ponds, they deal with the insects as soon as they start to procreate so strongly.
The farming with land clearing did not work so well for the Ingalls family. Not in Wisconsin, or more to the West, not sure which was the Western state they ended. After Laura had married Lorenzo Widler the young couple continued to have bad harvests, once the wheat being killed by a hail storm just days before the harvest.
A diversified strategy with perenials culd have helped.
If you have a field with perenials and do not even try to plough, you can ignore the tree stumps, roots and stones. They stumps will eventually rot into beautiful soil. In the meantime they could be covered in some twigs and branches and grow mushrooms.
Those conventional farming practices also resulted in the dust bolw storms of the 1930s. The time before was wetter than usual, so the soil destroying practices did not manifest immediately. But the degradation had gone on for a few decades and then they had summers with little rain (and farm practices that encourage instead of minimizing evaporation and runoff).
It is ironic that one self serving argument to seize the land from the First Nations was that the white settler took better care of the land. (see the books of Laura Ingalls-Wilder, when the little girl asks her parents whether the natives will not be angry if driven off the land)
a) no one betted an eye about cash crops on plantations or large parks for the rich
b) it took the colonists only a few decades (1870s - 1930s) to destroy a lot of prairie topsoil that had taken thousands of years to build.
Very practical informations, thanks all!
Very useful video thanks
VeRy beAuTiFuL
black walnuts?? doesn't that create a issue with the root secretions?
they could have an English walnut rootstock, and beans will grow anywhere
Goog solution for Algeria.
Well, it is a start and it was in 2004 ;)
Very informative.Thanks a lot for sharing such a gr8 video :)
excellent information
Hello, Can tree rows be used to keep blackberries confined to a row?
I know this was 2 years ago but if you didn't find your answer id say no. the blackberries will be spread through bird dropping. The root suckers might thin as they come to the trees but it won't stop them.
How miliya composita tree information
In India specially Punjab, Hariyana, Rajasthan needs Agro forestry then agro industries
Check out Mark Shephard's farm how he did Alley cropping in the past (he wants a forest, so the alleys with annuals were only for cash when the trees had not yet matured). Also: if the ground is covered by different, medium to lower perennial ! plants also including legumes there are no herbicides and artificial nitrogen fertilizers necessary.
Herbicides around the tree stem - really ? How about a little straw or carton for immediate mulch and weed suppression. The plants should be high enough to have a good start and a little extra compost and water in the planting hole to give them a boost. As soon as they are established a fast growing LOW, nitrogen fixing ground cover can be sown, it will suppress the weeds, but will not compete with the sapling for light or nutrients - on the contrary.
There are also trees ! that are great nitrogen fixers, and could be planted in between. Thinner branches and twigs and leaves can be chopped on a regular base. And left at the place as mulch, that eventually decomposes. Like in a forest. That boosts soil life and prevents evaporation.
The trees also provide water for the alley crop - and pump up nutrients. The fungi in the soil distrubute nutrients and water ALSO to the cash crop (the annual) but for that effect you cannot till (it is highly disruptive likely it destroys the networks of the funig.
And fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides kill soil life.
Ideally no soil remains uncovered something always grows as long as it it warm enough (else the plants stay in place waiting for spring (so the roots at least prevent erosion).
Tthe plants harvest ! carbon from the air, and some also nitrogen, and depending on how deep their roots to - or how much fungi are allowed to develop by humans they bring up minerals from the underground.
They create sugars for soil life (bacteria and fungi) which in turn supply minerals, and help with water distribution in exchange. Trees deliver those sugars (exudes) via tree roots, they barter with bacteria and fungi. The LIQUID CARBON PATH is a MAJOR factor in humus creation. Humus is complex molecules containing a lot of carbon.
Those molecules also can integrate salts (they often are a problem if irrigating with water from underground), or even heavy metals. Those harmful elements and chemicals do not vanish, but they become inert.
Humus = higher carbon content of the soil. Which increases the ability of soil to absorb and HOLD water. Flood and draught proofing the land. Plus of course sequestering CO2.
The *Plant Food* label
Please, sottotitoli in italiano
Nice
No emphasis on protecting soils, the source of any farmers income, or mitigating run off....
They do cover planting on contour and taking a piece of land from muddy ditches to better ground via trees.
Didn't you watch as far as 2:15, 'Ricard' ?
Theese type of cultur has existed in europe since thousands of years.... all destroyed when erayved tractors!!!... Bad think!!...
Corn genetic modified? And soybean?🧐
Dont buy cultivars- use Mark Shepherds STUN method