by Cimino | 21 Mar 2012 | Establishment trials
It could be seen as the epitome of the failure of market forces. Raising indigenous plants by the open-ground method was always going to be more cost-effective, yet it was the many more times expensive planter bag method that became an overnight success. The...
by Cimino | 11 Mar 2012 | Establishment trials
Next week’s open-ground field days have just become a much bigger deal. Philip Smith of Taupō Native Plant Nursery said on Thursday that Landcorp has taken every open-ground plant they currently have growing, and that next year Landcorp is intending to order...
by Cimino | 29 Feb 2012 | Establishment trials
It’s little wonder the new Taupō nursery’s in South Auckland. If the 15.4% of Auckland region that has eroded or eroding soil was to be planted, half a billion trees would be required. At $3 each, the average cost of an indigenous plant raised in a planter bag, the...
by Warwick Silvester | 10 Jun 2011 | Establishment trials
Introduced by Cimino Cole 10 June 2011 Corrected 26 June 2014 With the Mahurangi Action Plan ultimately calling for the planting of more than 10 million trees, coupled with the high cost of establishing indigenous species, the realisation soon dawned that, without a...
by Cimino | 21 May 2011 | Establishment trials
One field day was never going to do it. Five field days might start to do justice to Gary Heaven and Shelley Trotter’s deer farming, farm forestry, riparian restoration, walkway and winery projects and operations. The previous field day, held in February, had left...
by Mya Cole | 10 Apr 2011 | Cartoons, Establishment trials
I am explaining the importance of open-ground plants… …because I think open-ground is the best way to provide plants to plant along the edges of rivers and streams. We need these areas planted to protect the Mahurangi’s benthic community, which are the horse...
