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Pit Storage of Baled Loblolly Seedlings

In north Mississippi, a study comparing methods of storing baled loblolly seedlings indicated that storage in earth pits is as effective as the rack and cold storage methods recommended earlier.1 On January 30, 1959, three standard bales of 1,000 seedlings each were selected at random from a truckload of newly arrived 1 -0 nursery stock. One bale was placed on a rack in a moist cold-storage room with the temperature just above freezing, another on a rack in an unheated shed. The third- bale was buried in a well-drained sandy loam soil on a wooded 28-percent slope with a northern exposure. In the pit, the bale was placed between two layers of leaf litter and covered with about 8 inches of soil. The surface was raked smooth and covered with additional litter to minimize soil washing.


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Author(s): S. J. Ursic

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 45 (1961)