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Furrowing Improves First-Year Survival of Planted Spruce and Pine in Manitoba

Ground preparation is often carried out before planting to increase survival of planted stock. Its success has been demonstrated, particularly on dry sites and in dry seasons (Shoulders 1957, Ferguson 1959, Scheer and Woods 1959). On the other hand, survival in Texas in a wet year was not increased by furrowing, disking, or flatbreaking2 (Stransky 1959), and on an old field in Ohio survival was similar for white pine on both prepared and unprepared sites (Merz and Funk 1959).


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Author(s): J. H. Cayford

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 48 (1961)