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Proceedings of the International Plant Propagator's Society

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:

  1. Limited capital required
  2. Plenty of scope competing with imports
  3. Cheap source of seed — locally collected
  4. Working alongside knowledgeable people on the subject
  5. Interesting and challenging subject in itself
  6. Local outlets

Type of plants to be produced

  1. One-year-old lining-out stock
  2. Understocks for grafting and budding
  3. Hedging material
  4. 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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