Growing Media Affect Size of Container-Grown Red Pine

Howard M. Phipps

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Growing Media Affect Size of Container-Grown Red Pine

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Howard M. Phipps

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-165. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Red pine seedlings were grown in nine different soil media and in two types of containers in a greenhouse. Growth differed significantly among the media after 16 weeks, with the largest seedlings produced in a peat-vermiculite mix

Keywords

Pinus resinoea (Ait), potting mix, peat, vermiculite, arcillite

Citation

Phipps, Howard M. 1974. Growing Media Affect Size of Container-Grown Red Pine. Research Note NC-165. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station