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Root Collar Diameter is a Good Measure of Height Growth Potential of Sycamore Seedlings

A sycamore planting on a well-drained bottom-land site in the Georgia piedmont has shown that first-year height growth is related to root collar diameter. Mean height growth ranged from 2.6 feet to 5.9 feet. The study consisted of three replicates in a randomized complete block design, with three plots per replicate. Each plot contained 32 seedlings spaced 4 by 4 feet. Seedlings of three diameter classes were hand-planted on a recently abandoned pasture that was disk-plowed prior to planting. No fertilizer or other treatment was applied.


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Author(s): Albert F. Ike

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 54 (1962)