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Moisture Relations of Nursery Stock

Some nursery practices have been carried on for years with little knowledge of their effects on the survival and growth of the stock after it leaves the nursery. For example, irrigation of nursery beds before lifting is practiced at some nurseries but not at others. In some procedures the stock is loosened by machine, pulled by hand, tied into bundles, and then thrown on the ground or in a pile where the roots may be exposed often as long as half an hour before being taken to the shipping barn. In contrast, other nurseries place the trees in water or moss under shade, even before sorting or tying.


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Author(s): R. H. Leech

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 52 (1962)