Eerste boomgroeiplaatsen Tree-Novations
A great scoop for Den Ouden Organic. Together with partner TreeBuilders, the first eight TreeNovations tree growing sites have been constructed in the municipality of Heumen. With the TreeNovations tree growing areas, both partners guarantee optimal growing space for trees in paved environments. Trade magazine Stad en Groen recently wrote an article about it.
The benefits of greenery in the city are well known: planting in urban areas promotes water storage, reduces heat stress and increases biodiversity and people's well-being. Large, mature soils in particular offer these advantages. And therein lies the challenge. Not all areas allow trees to grow to adult size, for example because there is paving, soil that is too dry or conditions that are too wet.
Best possible growing conditions
TreeNovations solves this challenge. TreeNovations is a collaboration between Den Ouden Organic and TreeBuilders and aims to ensure that trees can grow in the best possible situation. It provides one integrated system to plant trees in a protected environment and nourish the tree.
What exactly does this mean?
TreeNovations consists of the underground tree bunker system TreeParker that is placed around the root ball and tree roots. This bunker system creates space for root growth, protects tree roots, makes it possible to add nutrient-rich soil to the planting hole and retains water to stimulate optimal moisture supply.
Den Ouden Organic gives trees an optimal start when planting so that the tree quickly emerges from the stress of transplanting.
Optimal start with biochar
Within the Treenovations concept, Den Ouden Organic provides the right soil nutrition. The substrate Substrado® TreeNovations from Den Ouden Organic gives trees an optimal start when planting so that the tree quickly emerges from the stress of transplanting. In addition, it ensures that they require minimal maintenance over the years. The substrate contains biochar, a stable carbon source produced through pyrolysis and biomass residues. Biochar ensures that carbon is stored in the soil and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The porous structure and pores of biochar improve the water and oxygen content in the soil and provide good housing for micro-organisms, releasing nutrients from compost, among other things, and making them available to the tree for longer.
Want to know more about TreeNovations? View Tree-Novations website.
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