No tree has ever planted itself – and it knows exactly why!

This is our motto. When human beings began to grow forests artificially, they did so in the same way that nature did it – they planted seeds!

Unfortunately this simple and effective way of afforestation has almost been replaced by planting and the previous breeding in tree nurseries – but only almost: we still master this method, and have adjusted is to the requirements of our age and perfected it!

Yet the principle always remains the same for us, too: “Do it like nature does it, then you can’t go wrong!”

We have already applied this method for more than 20 years to great success.

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The advantages are obvious:

• Before they are bedded out, seedlings from tree nurseries are replanted several times and the vital roots are trimmed. These do not grow back throughout the life of the tree, and often the tree is weakened, becoming an easy victim both of the wind and pests.
• Since breeding trees in tree nurseries is fairly expensive, fewer and fewer trees are planted per hectare. CO2 binding is obviously related to biomass, so consequently only little CO2 can be bound.
• A seed that is put into the soil is forced to adjust to the conditions of the climate and the soil. Furthermore, seeds are very inexpensive even in large amounts.

The near-natural forests planted according to the Forest Seed method are distinguished by the following characteristics, among others:

• global applicability
• extremely high biodiversity
• multifunctionality
• up to 10x more plants
• up to 10x greater CO2 binding
• nearly no CO2 release during the process
• large, sustainable yields from products and wood
• strong integration and involvement of the local population
  

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