Determining Fertilizer Rates and Scheduling Applications in Bareroot Nurseries
Going through past issues of FNN revealed that it has been quite a while since we talked about fertilization in bareroot nurseries. Sure, there have been the occasional research or proceedings papers (for example, Landis and Fischer 1985), but the last comprehensive discussions of fertilization were in the nursery manuals that are becoming a little dated (for example, Duryea and Landis 1984; Aldhous and Mason 1994). Bareroot nursery production still accounts for the majority of forest nursery production, especially loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) —so, it’s time to take another look.
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Author(s): Thomas D. Landis, Charles B. Davey
Publication: Forest Nursery Notes - 2009 Summer