Contents 1. Introduction 2. The unique character of forestry planting stock 2.1 Nursery-cultured planting stock 2.2 Wildings 3. The role of forest nurseries in forest management 4. Does the nursery affect the planting stock? 5. Types of nurseries 5.1 Bareroot nurseries 5.2 Container nurseries 5.3 A combination of container and bareroot nursery culture 6. Establishing a new nursery 6.1 Economic ...

Various issues pertaining to artificial reforestation using coniferous planting stock are presented in the question/answer format. The discussed topics include: planting into organic soil substrates, microsite selection, planting depth, and closing the planting hole. These topics are viewed in the context of different site-related or climate-associated factors that may limit the successful esta...

Longleaf pine is a highly desirable species, resisting fire, insects and pathogens, and produces quality solid-wood products, but regeneration of the species has been difficult. Natural regeneration is feasible only on a small portion of the area considered to be longleaf pine type. Therefore, artificial regeneration must become a reliable means of regenerating the species if restoration of the...

Survival and growth of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seedlings raised as 4 different-sized container stock types were followed on 5 harvested sites in the Cache Creek drainage of interior Alaska. Stock types evaluated were 1-0 Ray Leach Pine Cells® (65 cm3, 4 in3) and 1-0 Styroblock® sizes 313B (65 cm3, 4 in3), 415B (98 cm3, 6 in3), and 415D (164 cm3, 10 in3). After 5 y, survival an...

Many newly set pineapple plants die from pineapple mite, Dolichotetranychus floridanus (Banks), infestations. Other infested plants remain small and produce very little or no fruit. Although this mite infests plants of all ages, it is a serious pest only on young ones. Nursery stock distributed or sold by nurserymen, or used by fruit producers, should be free of mites and other pests. Control o...

Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) has potential for agroforestry practices in the eastern United States because of its value for nuts and timber; however, practices for optimum nut production are poorly defined. Studies were conducted to determine the type of planting material that can assure successful establishment of black walnut for nut production. The first study compared the surviva...

The banana is the world's largest herbaceous flowering plant. Commercial bananas are sterile and are propagated by planting root stock from donor plants (the dark specks in the center of a banana are undeveloped ovules, the precursors to seeds).

The performance of container and bareroot loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L. ) seedlings from the same improved seedlot was compared on highly productive bottomland sites in South Carolina. At the time of planting, size and quality of the open-grown container stock were equal to or better than bareroot material. When outplanting conditions were ideal, field plantings in March, April, and May of 2 su...

Ceratocystis wilt, caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata, has become the most important disease in eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp. and hybrids) plantations in Brazil. To further our understanding of the epidemiology of this disease, we surveyed eucalyptus plantations in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia that were known to have Ceratocystis wilt or were thought to have been planted with infected roote...