Tree planting preparation (Sadhana Forest method)

Recycle material and use low-tech techniques to plant trees to:

• Improve irrigation efficiency, • Improve young tree survival rate in harsh environment, • Rehabilitate the Dry Evergreen Tropical Forest (in this case near Auroville, India). Rehabilitation of the forest offers many other benefits such as soil rejuvenation, life-friendly microclimate development, biodiversity enhancement, water retention and so much more.

"If we could only understand what a tree does for us, how beneficial it is to life on earth, we would (as many tribes have done) revere all trees as brothers and sisters." (B. Mollison)

Difficulty

Easy Easy

Duration

1 hour(s) hour(s)

Categories

Food & Agriculture, Recycling & Upcycling, Science & Biology

Cost

0 EUR (€)

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Materials

Tools

• Tools:
  • (1) Knife
  • (1) tube (probably 40 cm diameter);

Step 1 - Preliminary requirements

• Activate charcoal with urine,
• Make sure that your sapling is ready for transplantation,
• Make sure that weather conditions will be favorable for the young tree to grow (avoid dry season peak).

Feel free to adapt the procedure to your environment.

Step 2 - Analyze the topography of the terrain / identify slope

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Step 4 - Analyze the topography of the terrain / identify slope

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