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Impact of Nursery Fertilization on Seedlings Competitiveness Against Natural Vegetation on Mixedwood Sites

We tested the effectiveness of this method by comparing the growth and nutrient dynamics of nutrient-loaded and conventionally fertilized seedlings in the field. Although similar in height and biomass at planting as conventional stock, nutrient-loaded seedlings contained 39, 69, and 22% more tissue N, P, and K content, respectively. After two field growing seasons, nutrient loaded seedlings attained 15-27% more height, 16-39% more biomass, resulting in 15-27% reduction in weed biomass. Above ground biomasses of seedling and weed were negatively correlated indicating that increase in crop biomass was at the cost of weed biomass, and vice-versa.


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Author(s): A. Aidelbaum, V. Malik, V. R. Timmer

Event: Symposium Proceedings: Forest Seedling Nutrition from the Nursery to the Field
1997