after the first year. - 2 times to plant in spring and a time to plant collection. - Last one right after planting 1-2 months (5,6) - Stage 2 on May 11, 12. - Planting trees mile dead - To clean vines, shrubs, planting weeds in ditches. - Turn the soil around the hole with large diameter 40 - 50cm. - Protection of cattle not destroy the trees. Detection of fungal plant remove the diseased leaves, the trees were burned to avoid pulling heavy spread. - Prevention of forest fire by constructing fire towers runway. In case conducted dressing prior to planting some reason, then proceed at the. | Establishing pruning and thinning Acacia plantations to increase wood value card Project VIE 032 05 Sustainable and profitable development of Acacia plantations for sawlog production in Vietnam Acacia managed for sawlogs 10-year-old-thinned stand of A. mangium in Indonesia. Average diameter was cm and total stem volume was m3 ha. Final stocking was about 230 stems ha and stand basal area was about 24 m2 ha. An example of a well-managed stand. Principles of singling and pruning Singling is undertaken around age six months after the seedling has become well established. Singling ensures that the tree starts growing with a single stem. Sing e stems are essential for sawlog production Pruning is undertaken to increase the value of the log the wood formed after pruning is knot-free wood clear wood Lift pruning removes branches from ground level upwards Form pruning removes branches that will potentially lead to reduced stem straightness. This type of pruning is done several months before lift pruning in the same section of .