EUCALYPTOLOGICS frequently receives inquiries from amenity growers and horticulturalists around the world wanting to experiment with Eucalyptus at nursery stage in their homes or gardens. Eucalyptus propagation is relatively easy compared to other plant types, and quite rewarding with a minimum of care. But when doing it for a first time it is always nice to have some aid to know if things are going okay!

We bring you today a pictorial summary of early growth at nursery stage for a commonly grown cold hardy Eucalyptus species in the British Isles: the Cider Gum or Eucalyptus gunnii. It is courtesy of Ashley Peace and his Treeblog, yet another high quality information resource on forestry, science and trees delivered online.

Fig. 2: Example of simple methodology for Eucalyptus germination substrate mix preparation and Eucalyptus seed activation procedure. (Click image to enlarge)

Some of the important details to enhance the efficiency of your Eucalyptus growing method at nursery stage have to do with concepts as seed quality, seed purity, need of pre-germination treatments, sowing methodology and timing, germination procedures, growing environment, nursery infrastructures, production schedule, finished desired plant specifications, alternative methodologies for each step of the productive process and cost vs. efficiency financial analysis.

Plant quality for Eucalyptus forestry seedling production is a mix of:

As you see, more than half the chances of long term success for high quality Eucalyptus plant stock has to do with seed quality. More importantly at industrial scale commercial operations where mechanisation and infrastructure account positively on easier nursery practice.





Complementary to ornamental Eucalyptus market oriented experience GIT Forestry Consulting's team of Agronomic and Forestry Engineers has conducted forestry-stock nursery trials in Northwestern Spain with select germplasm of over 15 Eucalyptus types having potential for timber production in temperate humid Atlantic climates, and has sorted out detailed individualised solutions to adapt successful productive process engineering to different nursery infrastructures and industrial scale plant production schemes.



An interesting range of potential products for the Iberian and European forestry plant market has been obtained matching high quality standards.

This know how (what + when + how + why + how much) and our ability to organise training courses for your nursery staff is now available via consulting agreement to wholesale and specialist forestry plant nurseries interested in joining cooperative strategies for production and commercialization.

If interested, we are happy to hear from you. Just fill the form and provide us with full contact details and a short description of your company's activity.

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© 2007 Gustavo Iglesias Trabado. Please contact us if you want to use all or part of this text and photography elsewhere. We like to share, but we do not like rudeness.