4th in a Series
The Sapling
The
three-year-old Mahogany is amazingly re-sealant.
As a sapling it has strength and size. When confronted with drought it dies
from the top first, giving in downward, until the first rain and then it begins
growing again from the lowest portion that succumbed to the drought.
Mortality now drops to less than 1%. However, when it was in its seedling stage it required the caretaker to water it two to three times weekly during the dry season and provide fertilizer once during the beginning of the rainy season, otherwise mortality was around 60%. As a sapling it is on its own.
With
the use of Biochar, organic fertilizer and probiotics, which are being researched at
present we may find very promising results. There is no apparent reason why the saplings should not
receive continued feeding and care.
Where we have provided such the trees have grown extremely well. The
illustrated forest is only 2.5
years old.
The Mahogany trees illustrated in this photo, taken from the author's balcony, receive watering daily during the dry season and are also fertilized. They are only 2.5 years old too but in comparison the growth rate is nearly double.
The ones below, also at the author's residence, are 3.5 years old. A tremendous difference when watered and cared for routinely.
The sapling becomes a tree rather fast and the tree seems to grow even faster.
The parents of this 21-year old college student planted this Mahogany 15 years before when Mhey was only 6 years old. Her parents planted thousands of them. Mhey and her children should never suffer like her parents did because they planted trees with a vision.
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