Timing crucial for thinning broadleaf trees

Farmers in Co Kerry heard last week that timing is critical in tending to and thinning broadleaf tree crops.

Over the past decade there has been a continuous increase in the proportion of broadleaf forests being planted, with over 9,000 hectares of broadleaf species established in counties Kerry, Cork and Limerick since 2000.

It is vital that the first intervention to remove less favoured, competing trees is made at the appropriate time to ensure the development of future crop trees is not adversely affected.