Sweden is a bountiful woodland nation , but how to keep it such a unripe country ? We had a talk of the town with one of the country ’s large woods seedling suppliers Svenska Skogsplantor . Over the year , this state possess company shifted from supplying unfinished antecedent seedlings to container seedlings and develop their own environmentally friendly method of protect their seedlings , which both contribute to stronger roots . Over the last five years in particular , they have seen the demand for their seedlings increase in Scandinavia and to keep up with the demand , they invested in 2 Modern transplant lines of TTA , that will be installed in March 2020 .
Geert Maris of TTA and Niclas Noord of Svenska Skogsplantor , sign the understanding .
Seedlings all over SwedenWith 5 nurseries , spread out from the south up to the compass north of Sweden , on total acreage of 80 ha ( including greenhouses , holding areas and production buildings ) Svenska Skogsplantor grows all sort of seedlings for forests in Sweden - but also for other countries in Scandinavia - for over 60 years . Over the year , they have become the largest forest seedling provider in the country . " In sum in Sweden , on average per year , 350 to 380 seedlings are involve by wood possessor and Svenska Skogsplantor develop 140 million seedlings a yr " , explicate Niclas Noord , Vice President Technology in the country .
The most common Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree metal money in Sweden are spruce , forest true pine and birch , which together make up more than 90 % of the stand . But the distribution of tree in Sweden seems a bit different . " about verbalise , in the Frederick North , the predominant species is pine , while in the Dixieland , spruce is more common . There are also more deciduous trees , especially birch and aspen , mixed wood , but more broadly speaking alder , grey alder , rowan , oak , elm and ash . "
Container productionSvenska Skogsplantor grows everything from seed . In the past , they grew mainly scanty root seedling , but since the mid 80 ’s they gradually shifted towards container yield . " Then , it started . More and more reward of the container based production were recognized . " It not only enables us to create seedling with stronger roots , it also makes production more effective as we need less greenhouse acreage . " And this is beneficial as the demand for their production is increase . "
Environmentally favorable protectionA reason for the increasing need is their environmentally well-disposed way of protecting their seedlings against the large pine tree weevil , which causes serious impairment to the woods industry . " The young , sensitive coniferous seedling are attacked by this insect and in the past , we used chemicals to protect our seedlings . However , the aspiration has always been to reduce the role of chemical and that ’s why we decided to find another , more environmentally friendly way of protecting them " About 10 year ago , they introduced Connifex . Its protection consists of a protective sand layer which stand by to the seedling , preventing the prominent pine weevil from gnaw at it . " The seedling pass through three treatment stations ; gluing , then sand , conform to by drying . " See the video above for a more elaborate explanation .
graft machinesIn order to meet the increasing demand , Svenska Skogsplantor recently decide to tot up 2 transplant machines of TTA . " We installed already 4 transplant machine of TTA in our greenhouse five yr ago and we are satisfied with the quality and the step-up of product . As we are limited in time , regarding transplant , this is the only choice to increase productiveness without expanding the greenhouse . " With these 2 surplus telephone line , they will nearly double their product . " presently , we can raise 14 million seedlings in this greenhouse - where currently two machines are carry - and with the addition of the two transplanting machine , production will go to 26 million seedlings . " The machines are design to be installed starting time of March 2020 .
For more informationSvenska SkogsplantorNiclas NoordEmail:[email protected]www.skogsplantor.se
TTAGeert MarisEmail:[email protected]www.tta.eu
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