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Container-Growing Mechanization And Costs

Mechanization of growing coniferous seedlings has been implemented to some extent by the Provincial Tree Nusery, Alberta Agriculture. Mechanical filling of the container has reduced man hours from 2123 to 323 for 1 million porduction run of Spencer-Lemaire 6 cell book containers.


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Author(s): George D. Grainger

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1974

Event: Proceedings of the North American Containerized Forest Tree Seedling Symposium
1974 - Denver, CO