Poplar, of the balsam family, is the result of a cross between the poplars Fritzy Pauley and Columbia River, both from the United States.
Trichobel is a very forested poplar: it likes the accompaniment of hazelnut trees, for example, or other forest vegetation. It regenerates very well naturally and is resistant to most diseases such as bacterial canker. It is a hardy poplar that is not demanding in terms of the chemical richness of the soil.
The planting method is very different from the one usually chosen for other species such as oak or Douglas fir; they are planted with shovels or pickaxes, and with root plants.
Poplar, on the other hand, is planted from planks: these are 3 to 4 m long branches used as cuttings, which are planted at the crowbar. The planter makes a 70/80 cm crowbar hole in the ground, then installs the plank and mashes it with his foot: the poplar is planted!
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