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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Thrushes Nesting in Pollarded Poplar Trees at the BGI Demonstrator Hub
May 01, 2024
While performing a routine morning fence inspection an unexpected sight caught my attention – a bird gliding low towards the pollarded poplar trees...
Miscanthus variety trial planting at IBERS Demonstrator Hub
April 26, 2024
In addition to these, 5 of the Biomass Connect Demonstrator Hubs also have a Miscanthus variety trial which itself has two plots, a 2023 planting and a 2024 planting. The 2024 plots are currently being planted now, so here are some photos of the IBERS team in action planting out the variety trials into the 2024 plot.
IBERS Demonstrator Hub Miscanthus Harvest 2024
April 25, 2024
A selection of photos from the recent Miscanthus harvest at the IBERS Demonstrator Hub.
The Miscanthus x giganteus was cut in the middle of March and then baled earlier this week using a round-chopper baler.
