RNGR.net is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Southern Regional Extension Forestry and is a colloborative effort between these two agencies.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Forest Service Southern Regional Extension Forestry Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Roto-Tiller Cultivator

At forest nurseries of the Pacific Coast the weed control problem has always been and will continue to be the most expensive nursery operation. This is because weed growth is especially favored by the long growing season, mild winter temperatures, heavy winter rainfall, and heavy soil. If seedbed mulching was practiced, as it is at nurseries east of the Cascade Mountains; there would be less of this since mulch combined with freezing weather will keep down weed growth. However, since this is not the case at nurseries west of the Cascades, many weeds - especially annual bluegrass - grow throughout the wet winters and early spring months and thereby create an especially troublesome and costly weed control problem.


Download this file:

PDF document Download this file — PDF document, 160Kb

Details

Author(s): Vern E. McDaniel

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 18 (1954)