The invention is a
hybrid poplar cultivation method for establishing a new
hybrid poplar plantation in place of a harvested
hybrid poplar plantation in a
floodplain area, comprising the steps of: - in a post-harvest clearing step (S1), removing from the area at least a part of
logging residues left in the area, thereafter - in a stump
grinding step (S2), destroying stumps left in the harvested area utilising a stump grinder, thereafter - in a heavy disking step (S3), performing soil
levelling by crushing at least a part of wood residue left in the area in the soil and on the surface, thereafter - in a deep ploughing step (S4), performing deep ploughing in the area with a depth of at least 60 cm and at most 90 cm, thereafter - in a post-ploughing
tillage step (S5),
tilling the ploughed area utilising a light disk
harrow or a disk
harrow, thereafter - in a planting step (S6), establishing a new
hybrid poplar stand with a distance between the rows of at least 3.5 metres and at most 5.0 metres, and with a distance within the rows of at least 2.5 metres and at most 4.0 metres, and thereafter, in the new
hybrid poplar stand - in a
reforestation tending step (S7), performing
weed control at least once a year for at least 3 years after planting, by removing at least a part of weeds from between the rows and from the rows, - in a
pruning step (S8), performing
pruning up to at most two-thirds of tree heights, once each year for a number of years starting at least from the 2nd year after planting, and - performing tending operations in a tending step (S9).