It is with great satisfaction that we can announce that our first planted trees have reached two meters high!
During a routine monitoring visit to our Shirakamut reforestation area in early June, I was utterly surprised to find an area of about 5 ha, where the trees we had planted in the Spring of 2021 had reached two meters height. The specific tree species is wild pears. It is important to remind that we don’t water the trees in the mountains, so it is truly exceptional to have such a result.
Actually, we can even say it is magical. It is important to remember the incredible length of time needed for forests to develop, which we humans have difficulty comprehending. In general, trees reach a height of two meters after 6 to 8 years, for oaks it is about 10 to 15 years.
In general, let’s be well aware that forest creation is a very slow process. We should consider that a forest begins to be visible from a distance after 10 and 20 years and a fully functioning young forest can not be expected to be called that before 30 years, in most cases it will be 50 years or more. However a healthy forest will last hundreds of thousands of years!
Actually, we can even say it is magical. It is important to remember the incredible length of time needed for forests to develop, which we humans have difficulty comprehending. In general, trees reach a height of two meters after 6 to 8 years, for oaks it is about 10 to 15 years.
In general, let’s be well aware that forest creation is a very slow process. We should consider that a forest begins to be visible from a distance after 10 and 20 years and a fully functioning young forest can not be expected to be called that before 30 years, in most cases it will be 50 years or more. However a healthy forest will last hundreds of thousands of years!
