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Planting Cottonwood Seed in a Nursery

Numerous methods have been used for planting cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) seed in a tree nursery. The method used depends on several factors, such as nearness of seed source, use of seedlings (commercial planting operations or tree improvement pro-grams), equipment, labor, and weather. For example, Wycoff (3) used boxed-in beds covered with standard snow fence from which he hung ripe catkins. In sheltered locations, where wind was not a problem, he scattered the pods over the beds to be seeded. Rudolph and Lemmien (1) spread partially-opened capsules on a nursery seedbed and then placed a snow fence over the side boards of the bed, so that the fencing was about 4 inches above the soil surface. The simplest and one of the most efficient methods known to the writers is used in the Union State Tree Nursery at Jonesboro, Illinois. The procedure is a modification of a method outlined in the Woody-plant seed manual (2).


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Author(s): A. R. Gilmore, L. H. Kahler

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 55 (1962)