I checked my saplings and noticed that the one which I had wrapped was showing slight signs of improvement. On certain areas of the tree, new leaves are appearing and don't seem to be curling like some of the other leaves on the plant. This makes me hopeful that this damp soil compression method is doing what it is supposed to in helping the sapling!
The Bad:
The American Chestnut Research and Restoration page on Facebook (link) uploaded a picture recently about a certain Anti-GM group that is rallying to go destroy genetically engineered (GE) Chestnut, Eucalyptus, and Poplars. :-( This fear of them "ruining our ecosystem" seems a bit old fashioned to me, and if anything, these trees are saving our environment not hurting it. Geeze... Not all GMOs are bad.
