Ae Forest planting on mixed ploughing
Photograph is courtesy and copyright of Forestry Commission, Forest Research, Roslin, and provided with help from Glen Brearley. FR Photo number No A442.
The image taken by I A Anderson shows Experiment No 17 P54 at Ae where Sitka spruce is planted on single furrow and double furrow ploughing. The ridges are in a sequence of one deep single ridge followed by four shallow ridges from a double furrow plough. The deep single ridges in foreground and five furrows over have deep V-notches cut into them to allow the roots of the planted trees come into close contact with the double vegetation layer under the ridge. The shallow ridges have been planted on the top with no cut outs.
Creating the V -notches was very heavy labour work if the peat was tough fibrous. Note the research plot marker posts in the back ground.
Can anyone identify the locality from an old planting map of Ae Forest?
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