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Fall Versus Spring Transplanting of Container Seedlings: A Comparison of Seedling Morphology

Containerized seedlings of Engelmann spruce (Picea en gelmanniz), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga men7iesiz), western red cedar (Thuja plicata), and western hemlock (Tsuga heterphylla) transplanted in the early fall and later in the early spring were compared for differences in stem diameter, height, root area, and shoot area. Fall-transplanted P. mensi.Zesii and the Thuja plicata showed an increase in stem diamter of 13% (2.0 mm) and 4% (0.4 mm) respectively. Fall-transplanted seedlings developed larger root systems-Picea engelmannii by 18%, Pinus lambertiana by 48%, Pseudotsuga men#esii by 58%, and Tsuga heterophylla by 47%.


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Author(s): David E. Steinfeld, David B. Davis, Steven D. Feigner, Karen House

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 2000

Event: Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Conference
2000 - Kona, HI