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Cultivation Tools for Newly Established Windbarriers in North Dakota

Clean cultivation of newly planted windbarriers is absolutely essential to the satis-factory survival and development of trees in North Dakota. We have found that over-the-row cultivation of these windbarriers during the first year or so is perfectly feasible with any of several common farm implements, such as a hay rake (fig. 1), Melroe-type harroweeder (fig. 2), finger weeder, or spring tooth harrow. Trees with an upright habit of growth, such as green ash, American elm, and caragana, can safely be cultivated in this manner for 3 or 4 years, depending upon the type implement used. Those with a spreading type growth, such as Siberian elm, Russian olive, or willow, can be cultivated in this manner for at least the first year.


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Author(s): Elmer L. Worthington

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 40 (1960)