Vol. 59
Title: Growing Container Plants in a Pine-Tree Substrate: Results at the Nursery Level
Author: Charlie Parkerson
pp: 375
Abstract:
Early Trials. Dr. Wright supplied us with limited amounts of pine tree substrate (PTS) from his hammer mill at Virginia Tech starting with the 2006–2007 growing season. This PTS was a ready-to-use combination of pine chips and pine bark milled together into a homogeneous mixture. We planted a wide range of items in this ready to use substrate and were very pleased with the overall growth and quality of the plants in the trials.
In the Spring of 2008 Virginia Tech supplied 40 ft3 bags of hammer-milled pine chips in various screen sizes. The chips were then hand mixed with our normal pine bark in various proportions. All mixes grew very nice plants. The only problem that we had was some settling of the substrate.
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