Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 1986
Effects of Container Size, Root Pruning, and Fertilization on Growth of Seedling Pecans
Effects of Container Size, Root Pruning, and Fertilization on Growth of Seedling Pecans
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Page Range: 11 – 13
Seedling pecan top growth was greater in 38 1(#10) containers and shallow 19 1(#5) containers when compared to deeper 19 1 (#5) containers and 11 1 (#3) containers; however, all trees were large enough to bud by July of the first growing season. Root pruning at transplanting did not affect top growth, but increased root branching and total root growth. Increased rates of a complete fertilizer increased root growth, but did not affect top growth.
Keywords:
Carya illinoinensis
; container production; fertility
Copyright: Copyright, All Rights Reserved 1986
Contributor Notes
2Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture; Superintendent, Ornamental Horticulture Substation, Mobile, AL 36608; and Associate Superintendent, Gulf Coast Substation, Fairhope, AL 36532, resp.
Received: 30 May 1985