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Seed Stratification Cages

The use of cotton cloth bags for stratifying Southern pine seed has never appeared to be too efficient. The bags often rot or are cut by rats while in the stratification process, causing a general mess in the mixing of seed and moss at the time of removal. Also, the jobs of tying the bags and the spreading of the seed layers evenly present a problem.


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Author(s): N. W. Sentell

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 17 (1954)