Successful reforestation begins with quality land preparation, high quality seedlings and quality services.Quality Land Preparation is the first step in good forest management. This can be accomplished through the help of your State government foresters and private foresters. They will provide you with information concerning your land through soil samples and other test made to your land. This information will help you or your contractor to prepare you land for planting. The second step to good reforestation is quality seedling. The seedling is the least expensive cost in reforestation but the second most important element to the success of reforestation. F. B. Whitfiled Farms & Nursery produces over 4 million Containerized Longleaf Pine Seedlings per year. They can also provide contracted containerized Loblolly and Slash Pine. At F.B. Whitfield Farms & Nursery, we are proud of the high quality container seedlings we grow. F. Bennett Whitfield's number one goal is "to provide the best quality seedling and service." Having over 10 years of raising containerized Longleaf, Loblolly, Slash pine seedlings, 20 years of containerized crop growing, and coming from generations of farmers, F. Bennett Whitfield knows the importance of all aspects of farming and reforestation. The third most important part of reforestation is planting. F. B. Whitfield Farms & Nursery also provides Band Spraying and Planting services. We use a custom-built 3-row tree planter which allows for a more effective planting depth in all types of soil. A vital aspect of planting is the depth of the plug. The custom-built-3-row tree planter allows the staff to adapt the depth of the plug to soil conditions, yielding a higher stand. F. Bennett Whitfield uses Government Forestry Agency and private forestry agencies' recommendations to provide you with the best service. Bennett's philosophy is to stay with the experts' recommended planting information instead of doing that may jeopardize the seedlings and cost the land owner their investment. Please read the article below provided by Auburn University. Forest RestorationBy-Rhett Johnson When we speak of restoring historic buildings, antique furniture,
or old cars, we envision a re-created version as close to
the original as possible. What do we mean when we talk of
restoring the longleaf
pine ecosystem? Do we mean getting longleaf pine back on
the land or do we mean restoring longleaf pine along with the
rich
plant
and wildlife communities associated with fire maintained
longleaf pine
forests? At what point do we declare victory and move on
to other sites and challenges? Perhaps we can only declare success
when
we have established the rudiments of a functioning longleaf
system and
put into place management plan, which will lead to long-term
viability of that system. Then there are questions of scale
and distribution
across the landscape. It quickly become evident that restoration
is a moving target and that we need to choose achievable
goals
and immediate
targets and set new ones when those are reached. The ultimate
goal of the many groups working to restore longleaf pine
today is to make
it a significant component in the Southern forest once more;
contributing all of those functions and processes that longleaf
forests do
in a fire-driven system. The following is some generic Steps to Restoration: 1) Determine YOUR desired future condition 2) Determine the starting point 3) Preparing the site for restoration 4) Choosing high quality longleaf pine seedlings 5) Planting longleaf pine seedlings 6) Releasing longleaf pine from competition 7) Early stand management Source: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/forestry/wildlife /longleafalliance/landowners/forestrestoration/artificialregeneration.htm |
