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Basics for Nurseries

This course is not intended to cover all aspects of nursery establishment and management. However, a few nursery problems involve seeds and seed management practices. The type of nursery system, size of the nursery, and location are important for seeds. It was once believed that all seedling production and planting in the Tropics had to be done in containers. This is not true; in general, however, bare-root production systems predominate in the Temperate Zones and container production systems predominate in the Tropics.


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Publication: Tree Seed Technology Training Course - Instructor's Manual