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  1. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  2. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  3. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  4. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  5. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  6. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  7. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  8. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  9. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  10. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    "My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  11. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    "My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  12. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    "My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  13. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    "My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  14. Stickwork

    Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

    "My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

    #patrickdougherty #art #artist #sculptor #sculpture #installations #sticks #saplings #impermanence #environmentalsculpture #environmental #artworld #artistquote #craft #design

  15. #ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-

    "These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

    "It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

  16. #ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-

    "These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

    "It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

  17. #ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-

    "These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

    "It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

  18. #ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-

    "These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

    "It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

  19. #ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-

    "These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

    "It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

  20. In other news, I've been gone all of Friday because my company held a charity event where 40 of us went into a deforested area of the local woods and planted 750 saplings!

    (pictures taken by a friend as I was busy wearing gloves and digging holes in the muddy rainy weather!)

    #savetheforest #nature #trees #saplings

  21. In other news, I've been gone all of Friday because my company held a charity event where 40 of us went into a deforested area of the local woods and planted 750 saplings!

    (pictures taken by a friend as I was busy wearing gloves and digging holes in the muddy rainy weather!)

    #savetheforest #nature #trees #saplings

  22. In other news, I've been gone all of Friday because my company held a charity event where 40 of us went into a deforested area of the local woods and planted 750 saplings!

    (pictures taken by a friend as I was busy wearing gloves and digging holes in the muddy rainy weather!)

    #savetheforest #nature #trees #saplings

  23. In other news, I've been gone all of Friday because my company held a charity event where 40 of us went into a deforested area of the local woods and planted 750 saplings!

    (pictures taken by a friend as I was busy wearing gloves and digging holes in the muddy rainy weather!)

    #savetheforest #nature #trees #saplings

  24. This four year old oak sapling produced a solitary acorn this year.

    I think this is the year I'll plant it out in the garden.

    #OakTrees #saplings

  25. This four year old oak sapling produced a solitary acorn this year.

    I think this is the year I'll plant it out in the garden.

    #OakTrees #saplings #Gardening #Allotments #PlantATree

  26. This four year old oak sapling produced a solitary acorn this year.

    I think this is the year I'll plant it out in the garden.

    #OakTrees #saplings #Gardening #Allotments #PlantATree

  27. This four year old oak sapling produced a solitary acorn this year.

    I think this is the year I'll plant it out in the garden.

    #OakTrees #saplings #Gardening #Allotments #PlantATree

  28. This four year old oak sapling produced a solitary acorn this year.

    I think this is the year I'll plant it out in the garden.

    #OakTrees #saplings #Gardening #Allotments #PlantATree