Tatarstan forestries stock tree seeds

The seed harvesting is an important step in the reforestation. On the extent to which the forestries stock the seeds the availability of planting material in a few years will depend. The quality of further reforestation depends on the quality and timeliness of the works on preparation of seeds and growing of planting stock in forest nurseries. Currently, the subordinated institutions of the Ministry – forest establishments – make vigorous efforts to stock the hardwood seeds: Siberian pea shrub (acacia) and silver birch. As of July 26, 75.7 kg of Siberian pea shrub seeds and 63 kg of silver birch seeds are harvested. However, totally, since the beginning of the year it was harvested  833.9 kg of the main forest-forming species seed, where 658.7 kg of conifers, including 453.8 kg of Scots pine, 126.9 kg of Norway spruce, 78 kg of Siberian larch seeds and 175.2 kg of hardwood seeds. The greatest number of seeds was harvested in Menzelinsky Forest Establishment and Arsky Forest Establishment - 221.5 kg and 111.3 kg respectively.