The first 1,000 native Sed trees have been planted at high elevation on the mountaintop where many invasive shrubs will be cut back to make way for a biodiverse forest. A team of seven will carry the water by hand, up the mountain and take most of the day to water all the trees. The Haiti Tree Project will pay them for seven, and hopefully, more funding will help or natural rainfall will takeover.
Preparing a Planting Method for the Team
This video is the planting method we decided on. Deep hole, water barrier, fertilizer, mulch, and much watering for two weeks.
Negotiating Costs of Pilot Forests
The local Agronomist Remy Nicolas, General Manager Enel Cyril, and Planting Team Manager Junedez sit together with Director Karen Nicolas on a WhatsApp call. On the call, they discuss the best planting methods and cost of successfully growing 3,000 Sed trees on mountains for a watershed forest.
3,000+ Native Cedrela Odorata Trees Ready To Plant On Mountainsides
Thanks to help from donors like you, we have funding to send a planting team with training to the high mountainsides in the local village. They’ll be starting three pilot forests with these hearty indigenous trees.
10,000 Seedlings and Growing
Today we have cashews just added to the empty bags. The young trees will be planted in the fall. The older ones are ready to plant now.
Planting Mango Seeds
Young mango leaves start with a reddish color, then yellow before turning green. A few thousand seeds were planted in the last couple of weeks.
Sucrerie Office Update
The THTP office in Sucrerie is looking great. It still needs some final touches but we can finally and securely store our tools next to the nursery.
Growing More Mountaintop Forests
We need more and more support to grow more young mountaintop forests like the ones you see here. These mountains in Zorange have been a grassland for decades but thanks to all of you and the community organization of Zorange, they have succeeded in growing trees all across this mountain range. The Treetracker app allows us to continuously monitor their growth.
Thank you, Paul Torrence!
With thanks in large part to ForestNation and long-time THTP supporter, Paul Torrence, our nursery employees Rosnie Persona and Wood Clervil are contracted to work another 3 months planting 4,000 mango francique trees, 1,000 cashew trees, and 3,000 other seasonal fruits people love. We can’t thank them enough for their hard work.
This week they have to fill 5,000 bags with soil to hurry and get the fresh mango seeds planted.
Mangoes: Work + Comfort
Children come to eat the mangos and then we hire a few helpers to shell the seeds.
