@herdyshepherd1 @copseworker Try adding woodchip on the surface of the soil around the newly planted tree. For the science & thinking see Chapter 5 of @Ben_Raskin 's The Woodchip Handbook. It's all to do with Ramial Chipped Wood which you can probably source from your own farm, 'all' you need is a chipper.

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