Planting forest / agroforestry in the south of Portugal. I have found almost every single plant and tree including fruit all benefit from shade. They all grow happier and healthier. Lovely video thank you.
Interesting! And quite understandable in South of Pertugal. Seems like the mykorrhiza collaboration is the most important for plants in young age. And the collaboration between plants and trees. Best wishes!
Greetings from Northeastern Ontario Canada! Great film! We are in growing zone 2 (-40C days in winter are common). I have experimented with broad leaf trees as well planting under canopy and have been pleasantly surprised on how trees like Sugar Maple (Zone 3-7), and Black Walnut (zone 4), Butternut (zone 4), and Shagbark Hickory (zone 4-5), Douglas Fir (zone 5), Bur Oak (zone 3), White Oak (zone 3), grape vines, hardy kiwis, can all survive and thrive in under-plantings of our native mixed wood forests of the boreal forest, which around me consists of White Birch, Trembling Aspen, Balsam Poplar, White Spruce, Balsam Fir, shrub willow, shrub alder beaked hazel. Most of the trees from more southern zones of Canada will not grow in our open hay fields, but thrive in the under-plantings of the protection of the boreal over-growth canopy. So I am planting many types of trees which are not native to our growing zone. I am also experimenting with apples (non-native to Ontario, but naturalized in many places), sweet cherries, and different European and Eurasian species... basically anything that is close to our zone, grows some type of food or medicine. I am now scaling it up, since my 10-15 year experiments have been successful, in small areas. We have 32 Ha... (80 acres). Looks like the Latvian forest is well on its' way to being a very productive food forest/timber forest! Kudos!
Hello from Latvia. Thank you for very useful observations. I started experiment in 2019 and step by step understood that small trees like to be with other trees and feel ok under canopies. My forest is in zone 5. The best results of underplanting are under grey alder stands (Alnus incana). Even almost native trees grows much better under alders compared to be planted in open field. In mixed forest it seems that alder groups also support other trees. By habitat grey alder is a pioneer specie and slows down and die when other trees outcompete it in height. Actually grey alder is a nitrogen fixer and seem that is shares nitrogen with other tree species around. For Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus I got two times size difference in proximity between trees planted in thinned alder vs under norway spruce (Picea abies).
@@mezsaimnieciba Hey There! We have our native shrub speckled alder (Alnus incana), growing around our field, it is as you state; a "pioneer species". I am a retired Forestry/Fish & Wildlife Tech and have read extensively on the nitrogen fixing capability of the alders. Here where we live, mostly in wetter areas, alder can produce a "jungle" of growth that is very difficult to walk through. In my orchards I use sea buckthorn and (to a lesser extent), Russian Olive to break up the rows continuity as a disease/insect break and to aid fixing nitrogen. This Canadian Dr. of Soils has some great advice, and explains how plants grown closely together create synergy supplying each other with needed elements. th-cam.com/video/SY-di0xmeh4/w-d-xo.html This was also studied extensively with scientific trials by the author of the book; "Finding the Mother Tree". where she explains how older trees/shrubs aid younger ones, and even different species through the mycelium network. Her book is a great read on the topic as well. Love chatting with like minded people like YOU! Thanks for sharing! Peace n Love!
Check out Ethan Tapper's online accounts and book How to Love a Forest. I think these two would get along so well. It would be interesting to learn about what invasive plants must be contended with in this forest.
Very interesting! I wish you all the best with you efforts! Have you considered growing heartnut (Juglans ailantifolia cordiformis)? I really would love to do that some hundred kilometers north-eastwards (close to Tartu), but I haven't found reliable source for either guaranteed disease-free seeds or plants. Theoretically some varieties of mulberries and also walnuts could be grown (last ones grow e.g. successfully in Saaremaa) in our climate.
Go for it! I grow walnuts, heartnuts, mulberries and chestnuts by the east coast of Sweden. It is northwest from you, 70 km north from Stockholm It works!
What I understood that Persian walnut (Juglans regia) dont like to be in shadow, under canopies, but other Juglans feel ok, J mandshurica, tolerate in young age total shade, J nigra is more light demanding but still can grow under grey alder.. Juglans cordiformis you can buy in Lithuania, they are selling the grafted ones. And probably Erich Suurpere in Saremaa could give you some advice. Good luck!
Oaks are not planned to grow old under the canopy, but to become canopy trees in this system. And the existing old oaks here are given a lot of space in order to live long.
Oaks are not easy to understand. They can tolerate some kind of shade, example under Scotts pine (Pinus sylvestris) closed canopies. I have feeling that oaks are also ok with side light to certain extend.
1:04 My new Mentor , Thanks for coming out of the forest .
Agnis have made many youtube videos in Latvian. Ask him to start making them in English 😊 youtube.com/@mezsaimnieciba?feature=shared
Planting forest / agroforestry in the south of Portugal. I have found almost every single plant and tree including fruit all benefit from shade. They all grow happier and healthier. Lovely video thank you.
Interesting! And quite understandable in South of Pertugal. Seems like the
mykorrhiza collaboration is the most important for plants in young age. And the collaboration between plants and trees. Best wishes!
Great and inspiring work. I hope a lot of people will see this film.
Tack Cyklarhem! Det hoppas vi med ❤
Greetings from Northeastern Ontario Canada! Great film! We are in growing zone 2 (-40C days in winter are common). I have experimented with broad leaf trees as well planting under canopy and have been pleasantly surprised on how trees like Sugar Maple (Zone 3-7), and Black Walnut (zone 4), Butternut (zone 4), and Shagbark Hickory (zone 4-5), Douglas Fir (zone 5), Bur Oak (zone 3), White Oak (zone 3), grape vines, hardy kiwis, can all survive and thrive in under-plantings of our native mixed wood forests of the boreal forest, which around me consists of White Birch, Trembling Aspen, Balsam Poplar, White Spruce, Balsam Fir, shrub willow, shrub alder beaked hazel. Most of the trees from more southern zones of Canada will not grow in our open hay fields, but thrive in the under-plantings of the protection of the boreal over-growth canopy.
So I am planting many types of trees which are not native to our growing zone. I am also experimenting with apples (non-native to Ontario, but naturalized in many places), sweet cherries, and different European and Eurasian species... basically anything that is close to our zone, grows some type of food or medicine. I am now scaling it up, since my 10-15 year experiments have been successful, in small areas. We have 32 Ha... (80 acres).
Looks like the Latvian forest is well on its' way to being a very productive food forest/timber forest! Kudos!
Hello from Latvia. Thank you for very useful observations. I started experiment in 2019 and step by step understood that small trees like to be with other trees and feel ok under canopies.
My forest is in zone 5. The best results of underplanting are under grey alder stands (Alnus incana). Even almost native trees grows much better under alders compared to be planted in open field. In mixed forest it seems that alder groups also support other trees. By habitat grey alder is a pioneer specie and slows down and die when other trees outcompete it in height.
Actually grey alder is a nitrogen fixer and seem that is shares nitrogen with other tree species around. For Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus I got two times size difference in proximity between trees planted in thinned alder vs under norway spruce (Picea abies).
@@mezsaimnieciba Hey There! We have our native shrub speckled alder (Alnus incana), growing around our field, it is as you state; a "pioneer species". I am a retired Forestry/Fish & Wildlife Tech and have read extensively on the nitrogen fixing capability of the alders. Here where we live, mostly in wetter areas, alder can produce a "jungle" of growth that is very difficult to walk through. In my orchards I use sea buckthorn and (to a lesser extent), Russian Olive to break up the rows continuity as a disease/insect break and to aid fixing nitrogen. This Canadian Dr. of Soils has some great advice, and explains how plants grown closely together create synergy supplying each other with needed elements. th-cam.com/video/SY-di0xmeh4/w-d-xo.html
This was also studied extensively with scientific trials by the author of the book;
"Finding the Mother Tree". where she explains how older trees/shrubs aid younger ones, and even different species through the mycelium network. Her book is a great read on the topic as well.
Love chatting with like minded people like YOU! Thanks for sharing!
Peace n Love!
nice video
Wonderful !! This kind of thinking and Acton is vital for the future of all life 😀❤️😀❤️
Thank you. Have a nice day!
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Thank you! Greetings from Sweden. / Maja
Great video!
Thank you!
I will do this too if time will let me!
Start now! Best wishes!
Check out Ethan Tapper's online accounts and book How to Love a Forest. I think these two would get along so well.
It would be interesting to learn about what invasive plants must be contended with in this forest.
Thank you, I will send your question to Agnis.
invasive species in my forest arrive with seed: Solidago canadensis, Heracleum sosnowsky, Acer negundo
Very interesting! I wish you all the best with you efforts!
Have you considered growing heartnut (Juglans ailantifolia cordiformis)? I really would love to do that some hundred kilometers north-eastwards (close to Tartu), but I haven't found reliable source for either guaranteed disease-free seeds or plants. Theoretically some varieties of mulberries and also walnuts could be grown (last ones grow e.g. successfully in Saaremaa) in our climate.
Go for it! I grow walnuts, heartnuts, mulberries and chestnuts by the east coast of Sweden. It is northwest from you, 70 km north from Stockholm It works!
What I understood that Persian walnut (Juglans regia) dont like to be in shadow, under canopies, but other Juglans feel ok, J mandshurica, tolerate in young age total shade, J nigra is more light demanding but still can grow under grey alder..
Juglans cordiformis you can buy in Lithuania, they are selling the grafted ones. And probably Erich Suurpere in Saremaa could give you some advice. Good luck!
@@mezsaimnieciba Kurā vietā Lietuvā potētus Juglans cordiformis pārdod?
@@virtual07 uzraksti man privāti
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oaks cant grow under canopy they live 20yrs then wither out
Oaks are not planned to grow old under the canopy, but to become canopy trees in this system. And the existing old oaks here are given a lot of space in order to live long.
Oaks are not easy to understand. They can tolerate some kind of shade, example under Scotts pine (Pinus sylvestris) closed canopies. I have feeling that oaks are also ok with side light to certain extend.