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Forest
Practices Branch |
Tree
Planting
Microsite Planting Presentations
As a treeplanter,
you are an important link in the reforestation process. Every day,
you have the difficult job of handling and planting hundreds of
seedlings to give each one the best chance for survival and growth.
These presentations
are designed to help you understand microsite planting—that
is, how to choose the best possible planting spot for each seedling
you plant.
The presentations are available in PDF format for download or online viewing:
Introduction
— Choosing the best planting spot is critical.
This presentation is designed to help you understand microsite
planting—that is, how to choose the best possible planting
spot for each seedling you plant.
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to presentation in PDF Format
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Microsite
Planting Seedling Requirements And Growth Limiting Factors
— Trees have certain requirements to grow well. The closer
the spot they are planted in comes to providing those requirements,
the better off the trees will be. When conditions are just
right, trees can grow very well indeed.
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to presentation in PDF Format
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Microsite
Planting: Mechanical Site Preparation —
Sometimes, growth limiting factors are so severe that even
the best planting spots do not provide the conditions for
good seedling growth. In that case, foresters may decide to
create better microsites with mechanical site preparation
(MSP). MSP is done after logging but before planting, with
machines that dig, plow, scrape, or mix the soil.
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to presentation in PDF Format
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