Interim guidelines for treatment of natural regeneration of Pinus patula in clearfelled areas

Abstract

Pinus patula is one of the major plantation species in Kenya representing about 36 percent of the forest plantations managed by the Forest Department. The species has been mainly established by raising seedlings in the nursery and planting them in the areas prepared by farmers under the shamba system. However, the shamba system was stopped in 1990. These guidelines describe an alternative method of regenerating P.patula through a natural regeneration system without the shamba system. The system is based on experiences gained from a natural regeneration trial of P.patula established in Lorenge Forest Station.