So interesting. We have brambles on ‘steroids’ due to fertiliser run off from fields above. These can literally swamp young trees and no young trees have established in the large areas of bramble we have here.
Over 25 years ago started planting seed gathered from our existing mature trees and hedges into mole hills around the edges of our fields with great success. Now do it with wild flower seed. It’s addictive 😃
That sounds like a good way! I’d be interested to see what happens if you throw lots of oak acorns into the brambles too. It’s a pain with field fertiliser run off as they do throw everything off balance.
So interesting. We have brambles on ‘steroids’ due to fertiliser run off from fields above. These can literally swamp young trees and no young trees have established in the large areas of bramble we have here.
Over 25 years ago started planting seed gathered from our existing mature trees and hedges into mole hills around the edges of our fields with great success. Now do it with wild flower seed. It’s addictive 😃
That sounds like a good way! I’d be interested to see what happens if you throw lots of oak acorns into the brambles too. It’s a pain with field fertiliser run off as they do throw everything off balance.
Having read your article was thinking I would try exactly that. 🙏
Fab please let me know in future if it works one day
Thank you for a fascinating article. It’s filled in a big gap in my knowledge.
It’s an interesting topic, probably needs lots of trials to find the correct balance in different situations and with different species.