Summer Fallowing A Simple Technique For Improving Old-Field Sites For Cottonwood

James B. Baker; B.G. Blackmon

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Summer Fallowing A Simple Technique For Improving Old-Field Sites For Cottonwood

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James B. Baker, B.G. Blackmon

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-142. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.

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Abstract

Fallowing old fields the summer before planting eastern cottonwood significantly increased survival and growth through age 5.

Keywords

populus deltoides, site preparation, fertilization, second-year cultivation, intensive culture

Citation

Baker, James B.; Blackmon, B.G. 1978. Summer Fallowing A Simple Technique For Improving Old-Field Sites For Cottonwood. Res. Pap. SO-142. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.