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Is the solution repeated burning of pine to enrich the soil, making it easier for other tree species to gain a foothold in the area?
by tremon 2mo ago
Is the solution repeated burning of pine to enrich the soil, making it easier for other tree species to gain a foothold in the area?
- Cthulhu_ 2mo agoPossibly, but the other option is to let it return to barren wasteland. If left alone it'll find itself a new balance, eventually.
- pvaldes 2mo agoBurning the pine is how you end with a soil composed of 90% sand. Respecting the slow building of fertile soil is basic. There are several decicuous trees able to grow in very acid soils. Not so much in acid, plus sandy, plus salty. A fact that is not being noticed is that pine trees forests evolve naturally to substitute the pines with a bigger mix of species so if you plant a pine monoculture you need to manage it to keep the monoculture. This forest evolution happens for free by natural means unless: Sheep enter the forest or... Weather is very cold or very hot or... Soil is really poor, because wildfires. Keep controlled this variables for a generation and the flammable monoculture problem will fix itself. All forests evolve to be eventually less flammable, but they need time to do this.