RNGR.net is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Southern Regional Extension Forestry and is a colloborative effort between these two agencies.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Forest Service Southern Regional Extension Forestry Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

Home → Publications → Tree Planters' Notes → Tree Planters' Notes Issue 64 (1964) → Site Preparation and Cultivation Improve Survival and Growth of Planted Slash Pine

Site Preparation and Cultivation Improve Survival and Growth of Planted Slash Pine

In a study established near McNeill, Miss., in 1957, extensive site preparation in-creased survival of planted slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii more than enough to offset costs. Intensive site preparation followed by cultivation stimulated height growth even more, but perhaps not sufficiently to justify the expense.


Download this file:

PDF document Download this file — PDF document, 765Kb

Details

Author(s): Lloyd F. Smith

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 64 (1964)