1.4 Growing Trees

• Importance of trees in conserving the environment: soil, water, air, shade and wildlife
• Fruit trees, indigenous trees and agroforestry on Kenyan farms and kitchen gardens
• Choosing a tree and a site, including county tree-growing programmes
• Planting trees from seeds
• Planting trees from seedlings
• Planting trees from cuttings
• Caring for seedlings until they are fully established

• explain the importance of trees in conserving the environment
• plant trees to conserve the environment
• adopt tree planting as a way of conserving the environment

“How can growing trees conserve the environment?”

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1. Why trees conserve the environment
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   Trees conserve the environment by holding soil and water, working the air, giving shade and sheltering other life.
2. Fruit trees, indigenous trees and agroforestry
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   Kenyan farms conserve the environment with fruit trees, indigenous trees and agroforestry - trees grown with crops, not instead of food.
3. Choosing a tree and a site
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   Match the species to county climate and give it room away from walls, power lines, latrines and play fields.
4. Growing trees from seeds
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   Many trees start as ripe seed in a nursery bag or bed, raised under light shade with gentle watering until they are ready to plant out.
5. Planting trees from seedlings
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   Plant a seedling in a hole wider than the bag, with the root collar at soil level, then basin, water and mulch.
6. Growing trees from cuttings
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   Some trees and hedges root from a firm stem cutting planted the same day in moist, lightly shaded soil.
7. Caring until the tree is established
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   A tree is established when it can survive a dry spell without daily watering; until then water, mulch, weed, protect and replace failures.
8. Adopting tree planting in the community
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   Adoption means each learner plants and tends a tree, and joins school and county tree-growing as citizenship and patriotism.