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Top Pruning and Bending Branches Fail to Aid Collection and Production of Loblolly Cones

Neither pruning trees nor bending branches can be recommended for increasing cone production or collection rates in loblolly pine seed orchards. The only justification for pruning trees would be to keep them at collectable heights if bucket trucks are unavailable or prohibitively expensive. If pruning is done, it should be understood that subsequent cone crops are likely to be reduced significantly.


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Author(s): B. F. McLemore

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 30, Number 2 (1979)

Section: general

Volume: 30

Number: 2