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Planting a tree is as easy as planting a tiny seed in the ground. What all these headlines omit is that the majority of things planted won't survive. My back ya
by thinkingemote 7y ago
Planting a tree is as easy as planting a tiny seed in the ground. What all these headlines omit is that the majority of things planted won't survive. My back yard has a few thousand tree seedlings growing in it naturally.
When we hear of tree planting we picture a mayor or rich person planting a four year old tree in a park. The reality is that trees grow from seed.
In the case of commercial forestry all the trees planted won't make it.
A better vision of tree planting is Johnny Appleseed.
Edits. The Twitter from the Ethiopian minister says tree seedlings.
- taneq 7y ago> When we hear of tree planting we picture a mayor or rich person planting a four year old tree in a park. The reality is that trees grow from seed. Yeah but trees are hardline r-strategists and produce millions of disposable seeds with a very low survival rate. Planting a seed is in no way equivalent to planting a germinated, sprouted, and developed seedling.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoPlanting seeds is not "planting trees", thanks for the mention of seedlings -- that changes the complexion of the effort considerably. Personally I'd expect a sapling to be the minimum developmental stage to qualify as "planting trees".