Trees: Tony Kirkham with Top Advice
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Bunny talks trees with Tony Kirkham, internationally renown tree expert.
Tony is anti staking trees on planting, they need to sway and flex to develop their root systems he explains. He has planted 12 m high trees (grown in airpots) with no stakes.
With climate change he advocates planting in early autumn, not adding any food or planting compost to the backfill and just making the hole large enough to accommodate the root system, no bigger. Watering maybe necessary during the establishment period if the tree is of any size. He favours planting small trees (eg transplants 60-90cm high) if feasible but if larger trees are required they must have been well prepared and preferably grown in airpots. Enough money/time must be allowed for aftercare such as watering, which is often over looked. The UK is forecast to have temperatures similar to Barcelona in 50 years, so it is necessary to diversify what we plant.
Tony advocates the 10/20/30 percent rule: not more than 10% of the same species, not more than 20% of the same genus and not more than 30% of the same family. He thinks pioneer trees such as birches, rowans and malus are starting to suffer. These trees do not appreciate being planted singly, they prefer being in groups and the increasing UV levels are too high for them. He advocates planted trees from the East coast of America and the Mediterranean, trees like the Tulip tree and cork oak.
When Tony was asked out to dinner at Chateau Lafite, by the Rothschilds, surprisingly he took them trees not wine!
Listen to a longer discussion between Bunny and Tony on Bunny’s podcast ‘Bunny in the Garden with Tony Kirkham’.
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Thank you for another interesting video. Tony’s passion is obvious ❤You always have the most interesting guests. Quality of sound was just great!
Tony’s enthusiasm is infectious. Every child has a talent, a gift and how clever of his teacher to spot his early on and help guide him down the right path.
Thank you for this. Learnt so much. Could listen to Tony talking all day about trees.
I was writing many thoughts about this program and lost the whole thing as the program ended. Gone are my words. Too bad that the programmer/ computer let me finish the reply.
Thank you for another informative one! I just read that the solar panels are making the air temperature rise in the areas that they are being used. Seems like if something seems good there is always a downside.
Love your dress Bunny! 😍
Absolutely loved hearing about trees! My favorite subject and your questions were right on! More please this whet my appetite. Thank you
Delightful to hear from a tree expert. I love both the points he made. 1.plant a diversity of trees and 2.use the native soil - don’t add fancy new compost. Iwishwe could get trees I. Air pots.Also, wish we could get a diversity of trees. That is what is so lacking. I have not planted two of any tree in my landscape ( except Arbovitae)
Ooo hes so cool! What a career!
A masterclass in tree planting! Sadly the new build homes that many of us live in have exceptionally small gardens that can't accommodate trees and developers leave precious few shared spaces to plant any. Add to that, the questions re trees on house insurance applications, they are actively discouraged.
Thank you for the excellent information. I'm sending this video to a few friends who will be glad for the educational aspect of it. Quite sobering and so helpful. My family have a farm of 160 acres on the Mississippi/Louisiana border and we have been discussing which new trees to plant. My son began a food forest several years ago. This information is so helpful. Had our 4th severe windstorm of the year 2 days ago. Trees down in all of them, power goes out, etc. This is information I will share with anyone who is interested. I will be searching for trees from warmer climates and keeping my mind open about non native species. Thanks again, Bunny.
The airports...very interesting. Built the roots. Linden trees, Kentucky Coffee Trees, Birch. I have had all of these in my yard. Conifers. Here in Iowa we plant groves of trees to have protection of the Northwest winds. Keep learning . Plant a few shrubs along the way, too.
I am going to keep planting native plants and trees. And I will let the native species grow too, and I won't mind pulling out invasive species when necessary. My own experience and observations tells me to continue on this path. I only use herbicides sparingly, if at all. It works in my garden. The bugs, birds, and other wild life seem to be thriving too.
Darling summer dress, Bunny! And those huge apples!! I love how you find such interesting experts for us to meet. So many useful bits of information. The first chestnut trees I'd ever seen (with chestnuts all over the ground) were in a park behind the Brompton Oratory on a long ago trip to London. The Chestnut trees in the U.S. are virtually extinct, and many of our forests suffer from pests such as the Pine Borer Beetle. In my Southern California location, I'm growing native trees such as Coastal Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) and Blue Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida), along with California Bay Laurel, pecan, mulberry, citrus, plum, apricot, and the Golden Rain trees that found their way over here from across the street. Californians are sometimes called 'tree huggers', mocked for our 'green' ways but I'm perfectly happy with that label. Some of my favorite old folk songs from the British Isles mention the Rowan tree. I really enjoyed this great interview!
I don't know about "going down the same route as Barcelona..." it's been the coolest, dampest, darkest summer for years up here in Scotland - climate change isn't merely about heat and sunshine. Not so sure about the Mediterranean species surviving up here! Guess I'll stick with pioneer species for now with oak for the long term. Some ideas though.