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Irish forestry, as a commercial operation, must go through several different stages from the birth to the grave so to speak. All of these stages must be thought out in advance, well prepared, and methodically carried out. In this article I want to explain the many of the stages that a commercial Irish forestry plantation will go through. Firstly, I want to start at the beginning. Even before the young trees arrive on the plantation, the forestry site has to be prepared. This will usually involve the establishment of the perimeter of the ground, and protecting against foraging animals who will damage the young trees by fencing the property off. Then, a mechanical digger will prepare the face of the land by excavating drainage ditches and placing mounds within those pictures which are spaced at around two meters apart.
The new trees that are arriving will be transplants. This means that they have been allowed to grow to a certain height at the tree nursery and transplanted to the forestry site. The trees are then placed in the middle of each of the mounds so that they have enough room to grow for a few years. Once the initial maintenance is carried out, replacement of any dead trees, fertilization, and “knocking back” with the competing vegetation, the trees are then left to fend for themselves for a few years.
The next time anybody will try and work with the trees is more than likely going to be after 14 to 20 years. This is where the forestry inspection paths will be placed into the forestry in order to establish whether forestry thinning is required. Forestry thinning is where the small, weak, and malformed trees are removed. This frees up a lot of space within the forest and allows the remaining trees to achieve a better growth rate. These thinning operations at carried out 2 to 3 times during the lifetime of the forest. Finally, once the trees reach 35 to 40 years of age they will be clear felled in order to harvest the timber.
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