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Longleaf Pine Seedling Survival Affected by Depth of Planting

In the winter of 1947-48 about 2, 000 longleaf pine seedlings were planted on the DeSoto National Forest near Brooklyn, Mississippi, to test the effect of depth of planting on survival. Philip C. Wakeley of the Southern Forest Experiment Station had previously reported better survival for deep planted seedlings at the end of the first growing season. His experimental plantings were destroyed in the course of Army maneuvers, and no information was available on results for longer than one growing season. The question of depth became of greater importance at this time with the sudden spurt in machine tree planting, which does not permit high accuracy in depth of setting.


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Author(s): McClain B. Smith, Jr.

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