Trees grown in pots do best as seedlings
Trees do right well when
"potted," according to 10
years of experiments at The
Pennsylvania State
University. In recent years,
the growing of Christmas
trees in tiny pots for later
transplanting has become
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big business. In 1973, for
example, about 26 million
seedling trees in the United
States were grown in small
pots much like flowers and
vegetables. In 1974, an
estimated 42 million con
tainer-grown trees were
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made of paper or plastic,
reduce the shock occurring
when seedling trees are
transplanted as bare-rooted
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proves the first and second
year growth in field plan
tings, says Edgar H. Palpant
of the Agricultural Ex
periment Station at Penn
State.
Palpant believes the
container systems compete
costwise with the older
nursery system using bare
rooted seedlings. He favors
the new systems, especially
when superior genetic seeds
are planted. Idaho Douglas
fir seeds, for example, are
producing plants that may
be IS inches tall by the end of
the first growing season,
growth he terms excellent.
Palpant is research assistant
in forest genetics at Penn
State.
In the 1975 genetic studies,
Scotch pines planted one tree
per pot and grown with an
undisturbed ball of soil
averaged 72 per cent taller
than trees grown 4 and 5 per
pot or grown in a nursery
and transplanted with bare
roots. The plastic or paper
pots are 3 to 4 square inches
in size.
One containerized system
features paper pots
developed in Japan. Another
system uses semi
translucent plastic pots.
Known as the “book planter
system," the latter has
advantages of providing
easy removal of the plant
and its miniature ball of
roots and soil. The “book
planter,” so named since its
sides open like a book, is best
for species such as Douglas
fir which grow poorly under
wet conditions in paper pots.
Survival of seedlings in the
latest study averaged nearly
100 per cent much better
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than for bare-rooted
seedlings on poor sites.
Palpant indicated the new
container systems can
produce quality seedlings in
nearly half the time required
with the older bare-rooted
system. But he said the new
technique involves more
than containers. Proper
light, soil conditions,
moisture, and nutrients are
vital.
“Of course it is essential
that seed of proper genetic
and physical properties be
used. Otherwise, the best
greenhouse or nursery
cultural techniques can not
Seedlings
in Berks
Landowners of Berks
County are reminded that
now is a good time to plan for
tree planting in the Spring of
1976. The Glatfelter Pulp
Wood Company, Spring
Grove, Pennsylvania, will
share on a 50-50 basis the
cost of seedlings with in
terested landowners.
Since the inception of the
Glatfelter program in 1951,
more than 15% million
seedlings have been fur
nished to landowners in 13
southcentral Pennsylvania
counties.
Tree seedlings available
this year are white pine, red
pine, Austrian pine, Virginia
pine, pitch pine, Norway
Spruce, white Spruce,
Japanese larch, black locust
and Eurpoean alder. Orders
are filled on a first-come,
first serve basis so it is
ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU
overcome the major
dcficicncica of poor sites and
lack of genetic quality,” he
affirmed.
Two different soil mix
tures were used for seed
planted March 18, 1975. One
mix consisted of peat and
vermiculite. The other used
decomposed leaf litter and
perlite. The seed was treated
with a fungicide and then
treated weekly with a liquid
fertilizer, 9-45-15, for about a
month. Then the treatments
were shifted to a 30-10-10
fertilizer. Since July the
seedlings have been treated
weekly with ammonium
sulfate.
available
Co. area
important to get orders in
early.
All seedlings are furnished
by the Pennsylvania
Department of En
vironmental Resources. The
Glatfelter Company imposes
no restrictions of any kind,
but landowners planting
these threes must comply
with state regulations
covering these seedlings.
If you are a landowner in
this county who would like to
plant tree seedlings in 1976,
act now! To obtain in
formation on placing your
order stop at your County
Agricultural Extension
office located at Cooperative
Extension Service Berks
County Agricultural Center
Leesport, Pa. 19533.
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