Cottonwood Seedling Production
The State of Indiana raises 15 different hardwood species with 10 of this number being used almost exclusively on the strip-mined areas. The various species are shipped in 4 different mixtures depending upon the acidity of the planting site. Cottonwood is one of the species used on some of the more acid locations along with Sycamore, European Black Alder, River Birch and Red Gum. We have been using Cottonwood in Indiana for quite a few years and have shipped from 100,000 to 300,000 trees annually. Generally when we start raising a new species, we encounter problems for the first couple of years, then a method of operation is established that is usually dependable for production. Not so with cottonwood, it has always been one of Indiana's problem childs, so to speak. just when we think all the questions are answered, it drops you flat on your face. We have encountered problems from seed collection right on thru until it has been shipped from the heeling-in yards the next spring. We have tried all the acceptable methods, but nothing seems to please it entirely. It has proved to be quite a challenge. We don't claim to know all the answers on any species, but the operation that we shall attempt to outline today appears to be a method of nurturing that it responds to favorably for the needs we face in Indiana.
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Author(s): Richard D. McNabb
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Northeastern Area Nurserymen's Conference
1967 - Point Pleasant, W. Va.
