Thursday, 19 September 2013, 08:00 – 12:00
Start from junction of Pritchard Road and Hwy 3/93, Cranbrook
Free to participate, but you must arrange your own transportation and lunch.
Kootenay Tree Farms, with funding from the BC Agroforestry Industry Development Initiative, is pleased to host its annual tour of Christmas tree - silvopasture production sites near Cranbrook in the East Kootenay region.
This year's tour will include discussions of:
- Livestock distribution in silvopastures;
- Tree diseases and the relationship to temperature and bud break;
- Pruning and spacing of trees to maximize tree production and forage;
- Raising of the level of the tree canopy for air flow and forage production;
- Fertilization techniques for the benefit of trees and forage;
- Managing soil water retention for trees and forage;
- Managing saskatoons and rough fescue for elk and other wildlife; and,
- Forage cover in relation to trees.
