Radiata Pine Production Process

1. Setting up:

Ground preparation for planting. At this stage selected Radiata Pine seedlings are planted on previously prepared soil and nutrients are applied in the soil to support plant growth

2. Silvicultural Treatments:

Pruning of lower branches of the trees is performed to obtain wood free of knots. Trees of lesser growth or defective are thinned, in order to increase the availability of light, water, nutrients and space for the best individuals. Therefore the ones which are left can grow better producing wider diameter logs.

3.Harvest:

It consists in the felling of the forest when it has reached its economic rotation age. Once the harvest has been concluded, logs are sorted out by quality, lengths and diameters, in order to obtain different products: Prunned logs, sawlogs and pulplogs, for different industrial uses.

4. Replanting:

After harvesting is over, the remaining forest land is replanted and a new Radiata Pine forest is re established, closing the continuos production cycle.