Landcare nurseries within the Yass Area Network are well into the sowing and growing phase of tube stock for the region's Climate Ready project. Three species are being grown: Eucalyptus melliodora, Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima, and Acacia deanei. Each nursery sowed 1000 tubes with local seed plus 1000 tubes with seed sourced from regions across eastern Australia where the plant grows in a hotter-drier and cooler-wetter regions. Germination rates varied across the three plants so this was a significant milestone which had to be managed. The Climate Ready team will be planting Eucalyptus melliodora, Dodonane viscosa and Acacia deanei in a specific format at two sites - one in Kangiara and one in Murrumbateman once there is good soil moisture in Autumn 2021. Further blogs will be written over the life of this project.
