A Japanese Botanist Crammed 30,000 Trees and Everyone Said They'd Die — They Grew 10x Faster

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• DI

  @Ditto_3 · 2 months ago

  This guy is a legend, he deserves to be remembered

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• DR

  @Dr.HenryWhitmore · 2 months ago

  Absolutely incredible. This proves that nature doesn’t need centuries to recover when we understand how to help it heal. One botanist, one bold idea, and 30,000 trees changed everything.

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  @肇-y6e · 2 months ago

  子供の頃に住んでいた田舎の東大演習林の先生が、「手が入りすぎた山は荒れる。」と言っていたと父から聞いた事と同じだな。

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• WY

  @wywarren · 2 months ago

  I’m convinced Totoro lives there and looks after the forest

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• PI

  @pianoman47 · 2 months ago

  Thanks for mentioning the critiques in a balanced and complete way! It would have been nice to see case studies of Miyawaku forests that were planted decades ago to see how they are once they've matured a little. I've never seen this mentioned in videos on the topic.

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• RO

  @RowanFerguson-r2n · 2 months ago

  This video is very interesting. There are now many examples of wilding or re-wilding appearing around the world. What these demonstrate, and what Miyawaki appears to have believed also, is that plants naturally crowd together, not in rows and not all the same species. I have successfully used companion planting in my allotments and allow these "unproductive" plants to spread and self-seed.

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• KU

  @kurtbecker217 · 1 month ago

  I am not a botanist, but about 5 years ago I had enough. For 30 years I tried to have a nice backyard other than grass. I planted all sorts of trees and shrubs. Nothing survived, one after another died and eventually a small patch of bamboo took over the entire garden. Since this type of bamboo propagates via underground runners and neighbors started complaining about bamboo inside their yard, I had to get rid of it. It is virtually impossible, unless you use a backhoe and dig up the soil at least 1 ft deep.<br>Just cutting down every bamboo stalk will not do it, they are back next year bigger and stronger.<br>Then I had an idea, just like this Japanese botanist suggested. I did absolutely nothing and saw that some wild trees (i cannot even name them) stood their ground and crowded out the bamboo. Before, I always cut down these trees because they are not what I wanted. But these trees were native to Texas and ideally suited to grow in this climate.<br><br>My garden is now virtually bamboo and weed free. The trees grew at least 5m high and block all the sunlight.<br>I never thought it is that easy, just let nature do what it wants, but then I do not have any pretty flowers and the neighbors are still complaining, calling my garden disorderly and a habitat for vermin... to be sure, the bamboo is gone, so there could not be any panda bears.<br>The floor under the trees is just soil and leaves.

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• KI

  @kittakitta-mw6ok · 1 month ago

  植物社会学という言葉を教えてくれた宮脇先生<br>実践力も凄い

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• TE

  @TerraEntdeckt · 2 months ago

  i feel like the japanese are always a step ahead of the rest of the world, not matter what. inspiring story and great video.

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• とし

  @としこさだしま · 1 month ago

  宮脇先生の講演と炭鉱後の山にいろんな木々の苗を植えたことを思い出させられました。その後、忙しくていつの間にか忘れてしまっていた。あぁ山はどのような形になっているのだろうか😮　懐かしくなり、植林の成育を観に行き来たくなったワタシです。感謝です👍🥰🙏✨

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• TI

  @timothymoran3975 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Masanobu Fukuoka comes to mind when talking about letting nature take control. . .👏🏻🌱🌲🌿🍁🌴🐞🐌🦋⛩☮💚

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• TS

  @tsumukita · 1 month ago

  日本の国土のかなりの面積を占めている、産業植林の杉を早くどうにかして欲しい。杉のせいで家族全員が花粉症に毎年苦しまされている。この宮脇式の植林スタイルは凄く良いと思ったな。<br>あと実家が神社で周囲には自然林が残っていて、自分は都会で家庭を持ってしまったけど、改めてあの自然林は絶対に残し続けて欲しいと強く思った。

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