Vegetation establishment in gully control work
All structural measures used in gully control must be accompanied with vegetative measures to obtain a sound result.
General principles <\/h3>
-All structural measures should be completed in the dry season and the accompanying vegetative measures undertaken during the following rainy season.
-Suitable tree seedlings and cuttings must be planted just behind the structural measures.
-Shrub and grass cuttings must be planted between the structural measures.
-Tree and grass seeds should be sown between the structural measures, and on gentle, bare slopes which have sufficient soil.
-Gentle slopes which do not need any structural measures should be planted with tree seedlings, and grass and shrub cuttings.
Trees and shrubs <\/h3>
The tree and shrub species listed below are commonly used in gully and erosion control. Detailed information about each species can be obtained from appropriate publications. This list gives only a general idea about gully revegetation.
