Some grow boxes I built from cottage scrap lumber and larch I just collected.
The larch grow in large swamp meadows far back into the woods and require some effort to collect. They are inaccessible most of the year due to high water levels. In late fall, once the water has dropped you can hike in to get them. The trunks typically show above a foot or two of moss so getting a big mass of roots is challenging. Having successfully collected some in the past I have big hopes for these ones after a few years in the boxes.
The intermittent swamp meadow these live in has water levels that vary between 2 and 4 feet every year. These lakes are used as feeders for the Trent Canal here in Ontario. For most of the year, spring thaw to late fall, these swamps and lakes are filled with water and as fall progresses the water is used to refill the canal. It makes for a very unique ecosystem.
Pic # 5 shows a patch of similar larch far back in the summer swamp
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Dang, can’t edit the title to change the autocorrect latch to Larch 😡
Very interesting collection situation. Thanks for sharing. Love a tree with a good story. The boxes look awesome too!
Very neat, any special considerations when collecting in fall like this?
Hell yea. Those trunks are decent from most latch I’ve seen this size with literally any low branches at all really.