Use of Municipal Sewage Sludge for Improvement of Forest Sites in the Southeast

Charles R. Berry

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-266

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Use of Municipal Sewage Sludge for Improvement of Forest Sites in the Southeast

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles R. Berry

Year:

1987

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-266

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-266. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 35 p.

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Abstract

In eight field experiments dried municipal sewage sludge was applied to forest sites before planting of seedlings. In all cases, tree growth was faster on sludge-amended plots than on plots that received fertilizer and lime or no amendment. Deep subsoiling was beneficial regardless of Soil amendment. Where weeds were plentiful at the outset, they became serious competitors on plots receiving sludge.

Keywords

Reclamation, borrow pit, tree growth, Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, soil nutrients, subsoiling

Citation

Berry, Charles R. 1987. Use of Municipal Sewage Sludge for Improvement of Forest Sites in the Southeast. Res. Pap. SE-266. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 35 p.