How are large amounts of trees planted? Where do you get them in the first place?

Question

I’ll read articles about either a country planting billions of trees to combat climate change, or a story about a husband and wife taking it upon themselves to plant thousands of trees. Are they planting seeds or saplings? Don’t they need to be watered and fertilized?

In: 8

Answer 1

I’ll mention that I wondered this because I spent last summer planting saplings all over my property to replace countless dead and diseased trees and try to bring some new life but it certainly doesn’t seem like Johnny Appleseed. It seems like a constant fight to get anything to grow and take hold. I guess as it was mentioned, you can expect many to not make it so you have to plant as much as feasible and hope for the best.