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Production of
Landscape Plants II (in the field). Revised 2001. 723
pages, 6 X 9 format, hardcover.
Chapters:
1. It's all about Energy
2. Methods of Plant Production
3. A Marriage of Nursery Practices
4. Root Development and Plant Health
5. Establishing Container Grown Plants in the Field
or Solving the Soil Mix/Soil
Interface Problem
6. Growing Trees without Staking
7. Knit Fabric In-Ground Container or Grow Bags
8. RootBuilder® Containers and Holding Field Stock after
Harvest
9. Hardening Plants after Harvest or How to Harvest During
the Growing Season
10. Pot-in-Pot Production
11. Plant Nutrition, Soils, and Fertilizers
12. The Essential Nutrient Elements: Function, Deficiency,
and Toxicity
13. Improving Field Nursery Soils
14. Spring Vs. Fall Planting
15. Root Stimulators
16. Top Pruning at Planting
17. Root Pruning: Pros and Cons
18. Spacing and Pruning
19. Drip Irrigation
20. Weed Control
21. Tree-Intercrop Relationships in the Field
22. Transplanting with Tree Spades
23. Transplanting Large Trees
24. Harvesting Trees from the Wild
25. Truly Living Christmas Trees (vs. trees that were once
alive)
26. Pest Control and Beating the Pathogens
27. Gypsum and Changes in Soil Structure
28. The Importance of Keeping Records
29. Best Management Practices for Container and Field
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