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Conical Container Improves Seedling Growth On Dry Sites

After several years of monitoring performance of container grown seedlings, the Canadian Forestry Service found that the tube technique developed in Ontario, while practical, yielded unsatisfactory performance. So they tested a conical shaped container to see whether performance could be improved. The conical container produced seedlings markedly superior in growth rate.


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Author(s): F. Endean

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 24, Number 1 (1973)

Volume: 24

Number: 1