Vol. 29
Title: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN STARTING A TREE SEEDLING NURSERY
Author: Stewart St. John
pp: 205-210
Abstract:
Reasons for choosing to start a nursery of this type:
- Limited capital required
- Plenty of scope competing with imports
- Cheap source of seed — locally collected
- Working alongside knowledgeable people on the subject
- Interesting and challenging subject in itself
- Local outlets
Type of plants to be produced
- One-year-old lining-out stock
- Understocks for grafting and budding
- Hedging material
- Potted stocks for grafting — birch, beech, Robinia yew.
Chosing a site. One should choose a site with a light to medium well-drained soil. My progress has been stifled by having to start on sites that held these drawbacks:
Half-acre plot right next to the river: subject to flooding and frosts. Soil is fertile but heavy and difficult to work when wet.
Top of a hill: very exposed, cold site. Land is ridge and furrow, causing irregular soil depth: poor drainage and difficult to mechanize.
Seedlings in their first year benefit greatly from warmth. An ideal site would be well sheltered, especially from the southwest, flat or with a
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