Coppicing and pollarding Cottonwoods/Sitka Alder/Willow

1. For nitrogen, soil organic matter, goat fodder, firewood

Endophytic diazotrophs!

Propagating Sitka Alders for nitrogen

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/orpmctn6825.pdf

Willow root water

• https://www.attainable-sustainable.net/rooting-hormone/

Willow cuttings

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/mtpmctn6023.pdf

Plants to get/test

• Sea Berrys
• Hardi Kiwi
• Saskatoons (autumn brilliance tree form) per Ed Biersky ([rewatch his vid, taking notes from start]
• Blackberries from Ed, maybe. They don’t like Himalayan in class, and Ed says he has never seen them ripen anyway.
• Ed says blueberries very hard to transfer, says small plants works (less than 1 foot tall)
• Groundnut (Apios americana)

“Current”ly Evaluating

• Comfrey
• Raspberries
• Hazelnuts (but hardly)
• Sunchokes

Winners

• Colonizer Strawberries