We’re about to plant 6,000 oak trees for our great grand children hopefully! 😅 Unfortunately we can’t mulch them to this extent, mice will be our biggest problem!
Discussion
Yes, at scale heavy mulching becomes undoable.
You can add in a thick leaf herbaceous plant to help build forever growing mulch. Comfrey is a great choice for certain zones.
Well bear that in mind, thank you!!
They’re super easy to divide too. Just dig up some roots and keep spreading until all the tree area is filled up. Over time, it will self mulch and collect the fallen leaves to compound the mulch effect.
Can this technique be applied to forest planting? As mentioned, our biggest issue is the mice who eat the roots, the plan to tackle those pests is to cut the grass short regularly so they have nowhere to hide. I think maybe the mulching is for when you don’t have a mouse problem?
Of course! It aids in more habitat for mouse eating predators.. aka snakes. Anytime you build an ecosystem the pests:predators will balance out. If you cut out parts of the ecosystem, the managers (you) have to perform the role of the parts cut out.