Beauty-thui in overspending snow caps are friendly arranged around the building of the forestry shop of Schuchinsky leshoz. It was here, in the "Forest Major" - so without exaggeration you can call a forestry shop - future trees appear on the light.
- This season, we began to recycle a bump from the 20s of December, "Alexander Trachimchik says the head of the forestry shop. - This year, we were harvested and firing, and pine cones, but in the past there was only pine. By the beginning of February, we had about 50 tons of this forest material. At this stage, we are engaged in the processing of fir cones, which collected about 10 tons.
Shchuchinsky forester harvests seeds not only for the needs of their leshoz, they take the recycling of the bump and from the leshozes of Grodneschina.
- To obtain high-quality seeds, it is necessary to adhere to the developed processing technology, "continues Alexander Mikhailovich. - Initially, the bump is sorted, then goes on drying. For example, seeds of ate must be dried 12 hours at a temperature of 40 degrees. Violation of these requirements can lead to the fact that the seeds will lose the ability to gently. The seeds are then separated from the winner and pass further cleaning and sorting. The quality of the seeds obtained is tested in their own laboratory: on the table of germination at the optimum temperature for germination, determine the percentage of their germination. Samples from each seed batch we send to the Republican Forest Selection and Seed Center for Analysis.
As Alexander Mikhailovich told, in recent years it is very difficult to collect seeds of ate. Due to changing climatic conditions, this tree dies. A teothelucious ate has a surface root system, and during the heat and drought it is very suffering from lack of moisture. Only in the northern forests of the region - Ostovetsky and Smorgonsky - you can still collect a high-quality bump. The forester from Smorgon is brought to recycling a bump assembled on a forest plantation, so its quality is higher, and a cone, harvested in the forest comes from Isletic leshoza. There and the percentage of seed yields below, writes "Grodno Pravda".
The preparation of this forest material is conducted from the end of October to March. During the day in the forestry workshop, about 400 kg of bumps of ate or about 600 kg of pine cones are processed. The seed material is stored in the refrigeration chamber of the workshop, where the constant necessary temperature regime is supported. By the way, this season is stored for storage and acute. In the spring they will fire, in order to grow in the future oaks.
"We leave part of our own seeds for storage for reproduction of new forests, and we sell the part to other leshozes," Alexander Mikhailovich continues. - Seed seeds pack themselves. And the exhaust shishke also found an application: she leaves for the boiler house Shchuchinsky RUE Housing and communal services.
Large container with fir seeds waited for its turn on the packaging.
- Want to know how many trees can grow from these seeds? - Intrigue asked Alexander Mikhailovich.
Of course, I was very interesting.
When weighing the tank on the scales, she crashes something quickly in the mind, Alexander Mikhailovich made a verdict:
- Here are 37.5 kg of seeds, and this ... more than six millions of seed pieces, it means that there are future trees! Wow! I even wanted to hold in my hands this incredible natural wealth. I wonder how many future trees fit in my palm!? But the most amazing thing that I could touch each of them!
