Special Public Works Programmes - SPWP - Planting Trees - An Illustrated Technical Guide and Training Manual (ILO - UNDP, 1993, 190 p.): 5. Adapting planting techniques to different site conditions: 5.2 Sites with high grass

Special Public Works Programmes - SPWP - Planting Trees - An Illustrated Technical Guide and Training Manual (ILO - UNDP, 1993, 190 p.)

5. Adapting planting techniques to different site conditions

		(introduction...)
		5.1 Favourable sites
		5.2 Sites with high grass
		5.3 Waterlogged sites
		5.4 Dry sites
		5.5 Eroding slopes and rocky sites
		5.6 Steep slopes
		5.7 Sand dunes
		5.8 High altitudes with snow

- Use a hoe to clear a patch with a diameter of at least 1 metre around the planting hole. The grass has to be uprooted to reduce competition.

- Remove as many grass roots as possible from the soil before putting it back into the hole.

- Weed often. Use a hoe and uproot the grass around the seedling. The success of the plantation will depend on the subsequent weeding.