The proportion of planted seedlings that survive the vulnerable first two summers and establish into the closed stand. It sets the effective stocking that every later growth and yield figure is built on.
A well-managed blue gum establishment holds 85–95% of planted stems through to canopy closure; below ~80% the stand carries gaps that cost final volume.
Forest Products Commission WA ↗Early losses are rarely random — they cluster around planting quality, weed competition and the first dry summer. Catching a survival shortfall in the first year is the only window to blank-plant economically before the gap is locked in for a decade.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Plant into a clean, well-prepared bed with a full pre-plant knockdown.
Match provenance and seedling grade to the site’s rainfall and soil depth.
Survey at 6 and 18 months so any blank-planting happens in the first winter.
The proportion of planted seedlings that survive the vulnerable first two summers and establish into the closed stand. It sets the effective stocking that every later growth and yield figure is built on.
You need: Seedlings planted (no.), Live stems at year 2 survey (no.). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
A well-managed blue gum establishment holds 85–95% of planted stems through to canopy closure; below ~80% the stand carries gaps that cost final volume.
Plant into a clean, well-prepared bed with a full pre-plant knockdown. Match provenance and seedling grade to the site’s rainfall and soil depth. Survey at 6 and 18 months so any blank-planting happens in the first winter.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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