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Better Longleaf Seedlings From Low-Density Nursery Beds

In south Mississippi, longleaf pine planting stock from nursery beds with not more than about 24 seedlings per square foot were larger at lifting time, survived better in the field, and began height growth sooner than seedlings from denser beds. The seedlings were raised in the nursery of the Harrison Experimental Forest, Saucier, Mississippi. Four different seedbed densities were tested -12, 24, 36, and 48 seedlings per square foot of bed. The beds were sown in March 1950 and thinned to the required densities in May. Each density was replicated three times.


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Author(s): N. M. Scarbrough, Robert M. Allen

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