This experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research Farm in Wad elbaga in Sheikan locality, North Kordofan State, to evaluate the effects application of water catchment and supplementary irrigation on the establishment and growth of five fodder species: Acacia seyal (Telh), Acacia senegal (Hashab), Acacia mellifera (Kiter), Faidherbia albida (Haraz) and Acacia tortilis (Sayal). A completely randomised design was conducted using five tree species, three treatments of water harvesting plus supplementary irrigation, control with irrigation and control without irrigation in three replicates. Readings were taken in summer and autumn for two years, 2016 and 2017, and saplings’ characteristics of diameter, height and the number of branches were measured. SAS statistical software was used for analysis of variances and Duncan multiple ranges for means comparison. The results of the experiment showed there were variations in survival rate between species in which water harvesting and supplementary irrigation treatments showed better high 100% survival rate in Acacia mellifera, Acacia senegal and Acacia tortilis saplings in the field followed by control with irrigation treatment showed 66.7% survival rate for Acacia mellifera and 55.6% for Acacia senegal but in control without irrigation all saplings were dead. Moreover, the results of the study also showed significant differences with the best results in Acacia mellifera 100% and Acacia senegal 92.6% survival rate in autumn seasons 2016, while it decreased in Acacia senegal 66.7% and Acacia mellifera 63% in summer season 2017. Also, the results showed significant differences (P=0.05) in mean sapling diameter 0.394mm and number of branches means 1.296 of Acacia senegal sapling in season 2017, while no significant differences were found in sapling height 0.405mm of Acacia senegal in summer season 2016. The study revealed that there were positive effects of water catchment and supplementary irrigation treatments on fodder tree sapling growth performance in the field. Therefore, the study recommended using water harvesting techniques and supplementary irrigation in plantation establishments