Regenerating New Zealand Native bush - Starting from a paddock?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Planting New Zealand native plants straight into grass? Establishing native NZ bush on a paddock? Seems impossible...right?
Well, with this project we hope to prove the opposite!
The plan is to grow a very high density of native trees, shrubs and grasses indigenous to Aotearoa New Zealand.
The majority of the plants (±5000) have been planted in the winter of 2023. Directly into the grass, with only a sleeve and/or sheep wool as mulch.
High density planting of natives for maximum impact and quick results. Plant-and-forget style.
Some New Zealand native plants that have been introduced in this video:
Harakeke - New Zealand Flax - Phormium tenax
Horoeka - Lancewood - Pseudopanax crassifolius
Karamū - Coprosma Robusta
Kāpuka - Broadleaf - Griselinia littoralis
And more... Keep an eye out for the next video with more information on the plants used for this project.
A BIG THANK YOU To everyone at Koru Native Wildlife Centre! They did all the hard work, after which I simply showed up and did the filming!
www.koruwildlife.nz/
0:00 Intro
0:39 Growing context - Marlborough & vineyards
1:22 KEY ASPECT #1 - High density planting
1:57 KEY ASPECT #2 - Plating natives directly into grass
2:31 KEY ASPECT #3 - Different treatments
3:33 Overview
3:57 Future videos / expectations
4:49 Outro
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Elements of Resilience is based in Aotearoa New Zealand (Te Tauihu; Top of the South Island).
We focus on growing food, permaculture principles, food forests, nursery work (New Zealand natives, edible and medicinal plants) and DIY projects. All with a strong emphasis on New Zealand-specific circumstances.
Oh, and don’t forget: sharing all the mistakes and fails we make whilst working towards a wee bit more resilience in our lives.
elementsofresilience.org/
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NZ native plants / NZ native shrubs / NZ native trees / Aotearoa indigenous plants / New Zealand native plants / Native tree New Zealand
It's not the usual approach but then again paddocks left fallow can revert to forest eventually. I think the sleeves should work well and the grass if nothing else will protect from the wind but surely they must be competing a lot with the new plants.
Indeed, most grasslands left to their own accord (i.e. no humans or ruminants) will slowly over time turn into forest. It's the natural succession of things. I guess we're 'cheating' a bit and hoping to speed it up as us impatient humans tend to do.
I've seen similar projects before and the grass can either act as a great support through moisture retention, shade protection etc. Or, choke and overgrow the newly establishing plants.
We'll keep a close eye on them (and provide updates!) as it all unfolds.
Thank you for doing the project! I hope you make sure to keep out the invasives
Our plan is definitely to keep the 'non-natives' out as mush as possible!
I think because we started with a 'clean' grassy paddock we might have a head start. The grass seems to be acting as a living mulch and in that way help suppress the possibility for other plants to establish themselves from seed.
Awesome work. We’ve put in around a thousand natives over the last year. Our biggest problem is hares . Some young plants they just like to eat like cabbage tree. Some they just like to snap in half for the fun of it. It’s a battle out there 😛but we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Looking forward to vid no 2
Hi Ria, thanks for your reply! What's the approximate location of your project? Also, do you use any active treatments against the hares?
You can find the update here: th-cam.com/video/WvQKfX2DO48/w-d-xo.html.
We've had a very dry summer but the plants seem alright... Hope to post another update soon!
Awesome editorial, Xander!
Thanks!
Enjoyed that, looking forward to seeing how it goes.
Hi Jim, just wanted to let you know that on the Summer Update video I can see your comment but can't reply or like it...So, thanks for the comment and we'll keep em coming for sure!
Mooi project Xander.
Yes, very exciting! Curious to see how it all unfolds! I have my expectations but we'll just have to wait and see...
Interesting. They all seem to have survived so far. Will be interesting to see them in 6 months time, a year etc.
Hi Blake, so far yes... I'm planning to do a summer update video within the next week or so. Let's see what they look like in the middle of summer!
Great work everyone. Personally, and with my experience with planting New Zealand Natives( I am a Kiwi living in New Zealand) I would focus on controlling the grasses around your native plantings. Yes there maybe some protection from the wind leaving the grasses just to do their thing, however the cons are the grasses are most certainly taking light and food from the soil for your valuable plantings to become established. I certainly will be very interested watching for your progress videos and yes wind protection the mic would be a plus, thanks. Once again guys, great work.
Thanks for your comment. One of the main aims of this project was to experiment. We'll simply have to wait and see what the impact of the grasses will be on the growth. Stay tuned for the summer update video!
I would be more worried that the grass is taking the available moisture .
We understand your worry, we share a bit of it as well! However, so far that's not what it's looking like! I'm currently working on the summer update video and hopefully we'll be able to show that the grass might actually be supporting the plants (up to a certain point)!
Please mention the Māori names of the plants too
Thanks for mentioning that. I thought I shared most of them, but I see I missed a few. Future videos will have all the names, as that is also important to us! For now, please see the description for the names of the plants in this video.
@@ElementsOfResilience thank you🙌 the Māori names hold a lot of knowledge in themselves about the plants
You need to get a microphone, and speak into it.
Cannot hear you.
That's definitely the plan for the future videos!