UNHIDE Agroforestry - A Knowledge Exchange Latvia- Sweden 2023-25 - Report - Page 46
Vadakste Forest Farm: Edible landscape, Latvia
Fruit trees interplanted in a thinned out forest, Vadakste.
landscapes and may offer additional income.
The trees function as wind barriers for pollinators
and other insects.
Mycorrhizal collaborations with native trees efficiently assist planted trees in accessing water and
nutrients, while the continuous production of organic matter from diverse roots, trunks, and leaves
contributes to soil fertility, improving plant survival
and stress tolerance.
sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), hazel (Corylus
avellana), and fruit trees, with common/black alder (Alnus glutinosa) as nurse trees (without crops
between the tree rows). Urine is applied around
these trees and on fence poles to deter wildlife.
Sapling growth in the open field is somewhat
slower compared to the forest system.
Furthermore, the land includes;
• A mixed pioneer forest on former forest pastures
with silver birch and downy birch (Betula pendula,
B. pubescens), spruce (Picea abies), and patches
of walnut trees in the understorey.
• An open field, sparsely distributed orchard-like
alley cropping system with walnut (Juglans regia),
• A stand of spruce ready for felling, gradually
thinned to encourage natural broadleaf regener-
Black
walnut (Juglans nigra).
Sid 19-20
Valnöt under
och
björkunder spruce and birch.
(Juglansgran
regia)
planted
Walnuts
