The importance of good nursery quality control, part 1
Our planting program depends on quality seedlings. Substandard quality not only causes immediate handling problems, but may jeopardize an entire plantation for years. I have seen seedlings delivered from public, state, or private nurseries (bareroot, container, or transplants) to the field and have been called by the planting inspectors with the following problems: 1. Root length a. Long system b. Short system c. Long laterals hung up d. Erratic length 2. Mud balls 3. Culls (caliper or height too small) 4. Error in seedling count in bags. 5. J-roots 6. Wrong seedling lots shipped 7. Diseased seedlings 8. Damaged seedlings (stem tops) 9. Stressed seedlings (dry) 10. Frozen stock (not planned) The last eight items may prevent a plantation from growing or getting planted or from surviving. This means that an area may not produce wood for the future, at least not the amount that it should produce. However, I am going to talk about the first two items only as they constitute 95 percent of our problem.
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Author(s): Lewis A. Nicholson
Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1982
Event:
Western Nurserymen's Conference
1982 - Medford, OR
