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Development of Underground Cold Storage at Pine Ridge Forest Nursery

Three 72 foot (21.6 m) squash culverts were buried under 5 feet (150 cm) of soil at an especially selected site at Pine Ridge Forest Nursery, Alberta, Canada. The culverts were flooded with ice in the winter and provide a passive refrigeration cold storage unit for 2.5 million seedlings.


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Author(s): J. Roger Hamilton

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1985

Event: Intermountain Nurseryman's Association Meeting
1985 - Fort Collins, CO