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Furrowing and Sheltering to Improve Early Survival of Planted Red Pine on Dry Sites, Southeastern Manitoba

In Canada and the United States furrowing has been used to increase survival of seedlings planted on droughty sites. Furrowing destroys vegetation adjacent to the seedlings and thus conserves soil moisture by reducing transpiration (3). In Spain sheltering seedlings with three rocks, placed around their stems at the time of planting, has been responsible for the successful planting of pine on droughty sites. Sheltering reduces surface evaporation, creates a cultivated area around each seedling, reflects heat that would otherwise be absorbed by the soil, and shades the stem of seedlings, reducing the deleterious effects of sun and wind W.


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Author(s): J. H. Cayford, J. M. Jarvis

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 59 (1963)