Summer Fallowing Helps Establish Cottonwood on Old Fields

James B. Baker; B. G. Blackmon

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Summer Fallowing Helps Establish Cottonwood on Old Fields

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James B. Baker, B. G. Blackmon

Year:

1973

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

MAFES Research Highlights. Mississippi State University: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. 36(6):5.

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Abstract

Cottonwood is an ideal crop for many old fields in the Mississippi Delta, but getting the trees established on these sites has proved difficult. Surface soils are often compacted and depleted of nutrients, and grasses and other herbaceous vegetation compete strongly with the young trees for moisture and nutrients. Fallowing in the summer before cottonwood cuttings are planted may be the answer for improving tree survival and growth.

Keywords

cottonwood

Citation

Baker, James B.; Blackmon, B. G. 1973. Summer Fallowing Helps Establish Cottonwood on Old Fields. In: MAFES Research Highlights. Mississippi State University: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. 36(6):5.