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Planting Douglas-Fir Seedlings in Plastic Tubes

It is difficult to establish seedlings in some areas of Oregon. A survey of the literature disclosed success in improving survival of seedlings by planting them in various con-tainers, or with their roots still enclosed in a ball of earth. The present report describes the first results of a study undertaken to determine whether tubed seedlings could be successfully planted in areas of Oregon where bare-root stock plantings have not been successful. Bare-rooted seedlings cost less to produce, to transport to the planting sites, and to plant. However, the use of tubes greatly reduces the physiological disturbance of plants. Where an adverse climate results in a high mortality of newly planted seedlings or where there is a severely short planting season, the planting of seedlings grown in polyethylene tubes may be desirable.


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Author(s): Fedor Kudrjavcev

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