Transplanting Seagrass to our Project area | VLOG

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Welcome! Sounds like it is a channel you are going to enjoy! Josie

[@PaulCoxC]

Great update, thanks Josie!

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thanks Paul :D

[@fetlock]

You're heroes, Josie, thanks for this inspiring update ❤😊.

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed this update :) Josie

[@LandisLegacyFarm]

If you're going to be doing much transplanting, you might look into getting something like a clam gun for pulling the plugs of seagrass.

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Ooh, this is a very good suggestion, thank you! I'm sure there will be some optimising of our methods as we continue to trial this, and this is certainly a good idea! :) Josie

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

The benefit of the gutter pipe is that it holds the cores together to be transported to the next site. Josie

[@claire2088]

oooooft that looks so chilly! my fingers are feeling cold just watching

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Yes, many cups of tea after to thaw out! 🥶

[@leoscheibelhut940]

I hope this core system works out. Another thing that might work is planting the seeds in groups of say three along a natural fiber rope embedded with soil from the planting site. that could degrade over several years. The two ends of rope segment could be pushed deep into the mudflats to act as anchors. You could even pierce the rope with bamboo slivers a double the size of toothpicks to anchor the rope sections even better. I envision the ropes laid an inch or so apart in a planting bed on soil from the site. A ten meter square planting bed could hold a kilometer or so of planted rope. If it worked I would definitely try direct seeding with the rope segments, but perhaps protecting the emerging seedlings from grazing by sealife is one of the reasons for transplanting.

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

This is a really interesting idea, thank you! Some projects have done something similar with pinning down coir mats. We are going to do some trial seed planting this year. Some other methods we have found are putting seeds in hessian bags buried under sediment, and also mixing sediment and seed in a caulking gun and inserting about 2cm into the sediment. An exciting time to be trialling different ideas. 😊 Josie

[@leoscheibelhut940]

@MossyEarth-FieldNotes All good ideas! I'll be excited to learn which ones work best! I feel confident that the coir mats will work but if the caulking gun idea works it will probably be the cheapest and most efficient. Keep me posted.

[@Erock691]

Amazing work!

[@snailboy5610]

The new method makes sense. It’s pretty much the same idea as dividing plants in your garden which if available is often a much easier and quicker approach than growing from seed.

[@joellenpaull3294]

💚💚💚

[@olafverheij1192]

I am curious how fast the transplanted cores will grow into a stable bed of seagrass. And how fast this new bed could expand.

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Yes, us too! It will of course depend on this specific site and external pressures during the year, but Francis read a study done in New Zealand where they found significant expansion within one growing season. Look forward to seeing what happens here and keeping you guys updated here along the way! Josie

[@charisseellsworth1310]

So awesome!

[@goodwaterhikes]

😎👍

[@sandraleung7218]

Thanks for the update, Josie! Looking forward to the seagrass nursery expansion 😍

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

So are we! And I look forward to sharing the process with you 😊 Josie

[@MaryKateFrank]

Great update! You guys rock.

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

A lovely project you have here.

[@anniehill9909]

Yet another brilliant video. Now we have to wait and see if Nature co-operates!

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thank you! Indeed, we will see 🤞 Josie

[@tobyparkes4664]

Awesome work team!

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thanks for your support :D Josie

[@garryhancock-the-OG]

Thanks Josie.

[@Denthhh]

❤

[@ZyrainVDW]

I love this little editing and filled-in with details. Raw and informative! Keep up the good work!

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thanks for your support 😊 Josie

[@20-Foot-Anaconda]

It's so great to finally see transplanting Here is to hoping for the revitalization of the meadows

[@johnpoole2912]

I would like to suggest a golf course hole cutter. Keep up the good work. Peace ✌️

[@leoscheibelhut940]

Yes, or a bulb planter!

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

Thanks for the suggestions! 😊What we need is something that can cut the core and contain it for transport so that the sediment doesn't fall apart, to then press back into the sediment in the new site. So far cheap gutter pipes seem to be doing the trick 😅 Josie

[@sohailislam3416]

If I was prime minster I would give yall the funding to fix atleast the whole of the UK

[@maxschon7709]

Hope the massive Strom doesn't Hurt you guys

[@aaronpaul5990]

It would have been nice if you had talked a short bit about the project like the cause of the damage but nice to see the progress

[@ZyrainVDW]

This is an update video in a series of a project. If you click on Videos and scroll down; You can find the first video. 4 month ago.

[@aaronpaul5990]

@@ZyrainVDW sorry will do ^^

[@MossyEarth-FieldNotes]

You can catch up about the history of the project on our main Mossy Earth KZbin channel 😊👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZnbpZqFms6WjbMfeature=shared Josie