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Mapping the Condition of Nursery Stock and Cover Crops is Valuable Guide to Differential Fertilization and Other Soil Amendment

Many public and industrial forest nurseries in the Upper Midwest, as well as many private nurseries growing Christmas tree stock, are located on sandy soils. These soils, in spite of their many advantages, usually have some patches of impoverished droughty sand where tree stand and quality are poor, especially for most broad-leaf species and the more nutrient-demanding conifers such as spruces, firs, junipers, and cedars. These spots of depressed growth rate often occur naturally on slight ridges or knolls. Or they may be caused by filling, grading, or leveling with soil material varying in siltplus- clay content, organic matter, and nutrient level.


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Author(s): J. H. Stoeckeler

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 18, Number 3 (1967)

Volume: 18

Number: 3