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Transplanting as Done in Germany

Hundreds of millions of seedlings are transplanted annually in Germany with less and simpler equipment than I have ever seen in any forest nursery in America. There are no transplanting machines of the Holland or any other type, nor anything so complicated as a Yale transplant board. All that the Germans use is a notched piece of sheet metal fastened over a 1-inch board of convenient length and width. But the speeds at which they plant trees are amazing.


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Author(s): Roland Rotty

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 41 (1960)