Establishing Trees in Bracken project

Planting for the future

The project aimed to trial different approaches to controlling bracken that could break the cycle of using costly and environmentally concerning practices.

As part of the project, different ground preparation techniques were compared, including using a mini digger to cut shallow benches, a digger with a cultivator attachment, a crawler tractor with cultivator, a forestry scarifier and lastly a robocut machine with a cultivator. Alternative techniques of post planting weeding such as strimming and manual bashing were also carried out.

Estabalishing trees in bracken innovation.pdf

Click here watch a short video of the mini digger in action