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Direct Sowing of Native Plants

21/2/2017

 
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In the December 2016 South West Regional Landcare Facilitator e-News, Monica Durcan wrote a short piece about a Direct Seeding field day held in West Arthur in November. 
  
The South West RLF Programme partnered with the SWCC Biodiversity and Refugia Linkages Programme to deliver this important two-day training at the property of Dr Woodall in West Arthur.

Dr Geoff Woodall has been responsible for the development of direct seeding machinery and techniques suitable for all conditions and soil types and is always willing to share his knowledge.

He published a report in 2010 (ISBN: 978-1-74254-034-4) for Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) about improving the practice of direct sowing Australian native plants into agricultural landscapes. Australia requires more robust and lower cost methods of establishing woody perennials into an increasingly arid agricultural landscape.

This low-cost method of establishing large areas of revegetation for a range of outcomes from biodiversity to commercial plantings does not replace the need for nursery-grown seedlings, but acts as a supplement to allow for larger areas to be revegetated and at a lower cost per hectare.

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