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Simazine no Substitute for Cultivation in Hybrid Poplar Plantations

Successful establishment of hybrid poplar plantations from dormant cuttings requires adequate site preparation and subsequent grass and weed control, at least during the first growing season. Schreiner (5, 6), Ford et al. (3), Cunningham (2), and others have conclusively demonstrated these requirements. For site preparation, plowing and harrowing are best. For weed control, cultivation as needed during the first year continues to be best. Many failures with poplars can be attributed to lack of weed control or to inadequate control. But these operations are costly and time consuming. The need for them has probably discouraged many landowners from setting out hybrid poplar plantations. A substitute for cultivation has been sought by the Handcock Research Center of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Hancock, Md., and the Seeding and Planting Project of the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Burlington, Vt. In the spring of 1962, a study was started to learn if simazine, a chemical for pre-emergence weed control, would safely and effectively control grass and weeds in hybrid poplar plantations.


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Author(s): Frank E. Cunningham, David W. Sowers

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 70 (1965)