At CANTUESO Natural Seeds, somos especialistas en la puesta en valor de semillas de especies silvestres presentes en todos los ecosistemas naturales de la Península Ibérica, tanto en su vertiente mediterránea, como atlántica y que representa actualmente, la mayor y más variada oferta de este tipo de semillas en nuestro país.
Realizamos mezclas y composiciones de semillas silvestres autóctonas custom-made, destinadas a la restauración ecológica y medioambiental de ecosistemas naturales singulares presentes en toda la geografía peninsular.
Nuestras composiciones de semillas son la clave para impulsar el aumento y/o recuperación de la biodiversidad y lograr la integración efectiva de este tipo de ecosistemas singulares.
Cada composición es cuidadosamente diseñada, combinando especies autóctonas adaptadas a las condiciones específicas de cada entorno, contribuyendo así al equilibrio natural del ecosistema, fomentando la preservación de la flora local y la re-introducción de plantas nativas.
Nuestras composiciones de semillas no solo son una inversión en la mejora y recuperación paisajística de espacios y ecosistemas, sino también un compromiso activo con la restauración y la preservación ambiental.
Zonas de Litoral
In recent years, and due to the pressure exerted on the coastline of our country, it has become necessary to act, both public and private, in order to preserve the natural ecosystems of our coastline, through conservation and revegetation actions with native species.
All this, together with the greater knowledge of professional landscapers, and their commitment to the use in landscaping coastal areas with the same species present in these environments, has made it possible that the supply of seeds of this type of species has been increasing in recent years.
For this reason CANTUESO, for many years, has been committed to the prospecting, dissemination and enhancement of seeds of plant species present in the coastal ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula, both in its Mediterranean and Atlantic side, and that now represent, undoubtedly, the largest supply of such seeds in our country.
This fact determines the type of revegetation that can be done, since the high slope results in a high risk of erosion, so it is recommended that planting be done with little or no tillage.
Suelos Yesíferos y Margosos
The management of loamy soils is an interesting and important challenge in environmental management, since the nature of this type of soil profile, generally associated with intensive cultivation areas, very degraded, requires a comprehensive intervention, which becomes urgent due to the serious problems that are usually associated with it. The natural impoverishment of this type of soils, intensified by agricultural work, has in the appearance of streams and gullies, the first symptoms of a much greater problem of landscape transformation.
The proper management of this type of soils, especially those associated with intensive agricultural crops, is vital to stop and correct a problem that threatens to turn large areas of our country into desert or semi-desert landscapes.
From CANTUESO, we propose the application of mixtures for revegetation suitable for soil subjection and nutrient fixation, which return the proper structure to the soil and allow to combine the development associated with it, with the necessary environmental sustainability to ensure the survival of a vital economic sector for our region. The use of species adapted to basic soils, rich in gypsum, and resistant to prolonged periods of drought, such as Agropyrum and Brachypodium, are key in achieving successful revegetation to reverse the situation of severely degraded soils.
Zonas Salinas (Halófilas)
Saline soils, and in general, all types of high salinity areas, pose an interesting challenge in environmental restoration, due to the problem of the presence of salts in the soil structure causing the expansion of clays and the dispersion of fine particles that clog the soil pores through which water and oxygen circulate. They also favor the formation of surface crusts.
The growth of the plants themselves to the environment is drastically reduced, both in stem and leaf mass, radically affecting the performance of natural populations. Therefore, from CANTUESO we propose a revegetation mixture suitable for this type of areas, of halophilic character, with high tolerance to a high salt content in their immediate environment, which in addition to improving the soil structure, are direct assimilators of salt, decreasing over time the salt concentration, thus improving the environmental conditions on the areas in which they intervene.
Zonas Arenosas
Sandy soils constitute an edaphological range of their own. This type of soils, generally associated with coastal geography, also present some climatic particularities (wind, humidity and salt regime) generally common, which have allowed the development of its own type of vegetation, with adaptive characteristics that are easily identifiable.
From these, from CANTUESO we have elaborated a composition of plants appropriate for the revegetation of this type of environments, which have some of the native species best adapted for sandy soils.
Zonas Encharcadas
Waterlogged soils are soils with poor drainage and a high water retention capacity. These circumstances occur in very compacted clay soils. Soil waterlogging causes aeration problems and suffocation of plant roots. In many cases, water accumulation occurs in subway layers of the soil, not being visible from the outside. In fact, external symptoms on the plant may lead us to believe that the plant is suffering from drought, when in fact it is suffering from excess water and waterlogging of the roots.
To solve waterlogging problems, it is possible to resort to the cultivation of plants that support temporary waterlogging, in this sense from CANTUESO we propose a composition of species with hydrophilic characteristics, suitable for waterlogged environments due to their good adaptation to a high presence of water.
