Forestry updates

The Kisima Forestry department has had a busy first half of the year. The nursery has ramped up its production in preparation for planting, with seed propagation from seed trees providing new seedlings for Cypress and Radiata pine. A Eucalyptus trial will be implemented, and seedlings have been bought from the Tree Biotechnology in Karura, including hybrids and clonal varieties.

The rains have allowed some areas of planting to be carried out and augurs have been bought to speed up the process as well as improve the planting regimes. Emphasis has been placed on ensuring best practice in all areas of the forestry department and aligning and staking of planting areas has been carried out to confirm that the planting is uniform.