Wattling

  • Rows of fence of live cuttings across the slope
  • Catches debris, slope modification
  • Phaledo, bains, dabdabe, kavro, khirro – as stakes

Design

  • Long stakes: 100cm long, 4-6 cm diameter
  • Short stakes: 50cm long, 3-4 cm diameter
  • Insert100 cm long stakes at intervals of about 1m; Insert two 50 cm long stakes in between the long stakes
  • Place the vegetative cuttings between the stakes as live fence (asuro, nilkanda, sajiwan, simali)
  • Wattling spacing: 100-200 cm on steep slopes

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Full Name
Gandhiv Kafle

Position
Assistant Professor

Organization
Institute of Forestry, Hetauda Campus

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