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Tree seedlings are being grown six times faster in a vertical farm compared to traditional outdoor sowing, in the first UK trials of their kind.


Growing 40-50cm tall in just 90 days the tree trials could potentially transform the forestry sector and help the UK to meet its net zero targets faster.


The trials are being run by Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) in partnership with precision indoor growing technology specialist, Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS).


FLS has already completed five growing trials at the IGS Crop Research Centre, based at the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie, just outside Dundee.


Species that have successfully been grown at the facility include both conifers, such as Norway and Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, lodge pole and Scots pine, and broadleaf varieties, including oak, alder, aspen, rowan, hazel and birch.


Kenny Hay, FLS tree nursery and seed resource manager, at the IGS facility in Invergowrie PHOTO: FLS


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