Hub Site Update – BGI Chesham – August2023
October 06, 2023
August 2023 Staff at BGI performed a comparison between the Black Locust Turbo planted for Biomass Connect against other projects on their site and believe that initial root growth may […]
Hub Site Update – Newcastle University Cockle Park Farm – August 2023
October 06, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Update In general, no post-sprays were applied to the Miscanthus area or other areas. The aisles between crops have not been sown with grass yet. […]
Hub Site Update – Rothamsted Research – North Wyke – August 2023
October 06, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Updates Access to the site has been fine since the ground dried out in May. A self-propelled trimmer has been used. Good at avoiding the […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Ayrshire – August 2023
October 06, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Update The weather was a mixed bag for August. Generally warm and wet – very windy on several days. Observations from the different plant plots […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Edinburgh – August 2023
September 28, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Update It has been quite a wet August, warm and very very windy. Observations from the different plant plots The SRF Alder is growing well. […]
Hub Site Update – AFBI Hillsborough – August 2023
September 28, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Updates All plots have been mowed apart from the miscanthus. Wet conditions have not affected access to site. Weed Control Miscanthus (all plots) had a […]
Hub Site Updates – IBERS Aberystwyth – August 2023
September 28, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Update This summer has been very wet. Some areas of the paths are becoming wet and traveling on them will cause damage. However, there are […]
Hub Site Update – NIAB Headley Hall – August 2023
September 28, 2023
August 2023 – Hub Site Update The following is a combination of reports from the hub site manager at Headley Hall and reports from a site visit by the Hub […]
Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates – July 2023
August 26, 2023
Biomass Connect has now collated the July 2023 updates from our Hub Sites. The reports this month include an overview of progress to date at each site. The month of […]
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Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates – October 2023
November 17, 2023
Biomass Connect has now collated the October 2023 updates from our Hub Sites. In general, growth is slowing as we move into autumn and many of the trees are beginning […]
Hub Site Update – NIAB Headley Hall – October 2023
November 14, 2023
October 2023 – Hub Site Update The IBERS team visited Headley Hall on October 24th to carry out establishment counts/phenotyping of the 2023 Miscanthus variety trial and also carried out […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Ayrshire – October 2023
November 14, 2023
October 2023 – Hub Site Update The SRUC Auchincruive Estate hub site in Ayrshire experienced a very wet, windy, and cold October Operational processes undertaken All plots have been strimmed […]