Forest Nursery Short Course - 2018

Agenda

Nursery Production in the Southeast

PowerPoint: SFNMC History & Nursery Production in the Southeastern United States - Enebak
Handout: Forest Nursery Seedling Production in the United States
Handout: Forest Seedling Nursery Practices in the Southern US - Bareroot
Handout: Forest Seedling Nursery Practices in the Southern US - Container
Technical Note 17-01: Forest Tree Seedling Production in the Southern United States for the 2016-2017 Planting Season

Soil Fumigation

PowerPoint: Soil Fumigation - Washington

Economics of Seedbed Density

PowerPoint: Economics of Seedbed Density - South
Handout: Seedbed Density

Hardwood Seedlings

PowerPoint: Hardwood Seedlings - Cross
Handout: Top Pruning of Bareroot Hardwood Seedlings

Soil Fertility & Seedling Production

PowerPoint: Effects of Nursery Fertilization on Outplanting Performance - South
PowerPoint: Soil Fertility & Seedling Production - South
Handout: Cost of Inoculation Seedlings with Pisolithus tinctorius Spores
Handout: Fertilizer Trials for Bareroot Nurseries in North America
Handout: Optimum pH for Growing Pine Seedlings
Handout: Soluble Salts in Soil
Handout: Spring Fumigation Using Totally Impermeable Film

Diseases, Insects, and Biologicals

PowerPoint: Nursery Disease - Enebak
PowerPoint: Nursery Insect Pests - Enebak
PowerPoint: Biologically Based Treatments for the Production of Seedlings - Enebak
Research Report 09-05: Do Biological Soil Inoculants Have a Place in Forest Nursery Production?
Research Report 11-04: Pitch Canker Ratings of Longleaf Pine Clones Correlate with Fusarium circinatum Infestation of Seeds and Seedling Mortality in Containers

Forest Genetics

Handout: Deployment of Genetically Improved Loblolly and Slash Pines in the South

Nursery Pesticides

PowerPoint: Weights, Measures, Calibration and Safety Issues - Starkey
PowerPoint: Federal Laws, Regulations, and Safety of Pesticides - Foshee
Handout: A User Guide to Spray Nozzles - Cover page only
Handout: Calibrating Boom Sprayers - #1
Handout: Calibrating Boom Sprayers - #2
Pesticide Formulations - University of FL
National Pesticide Information Center
Proline 480 Fungicide Label

Herbicide Use and Weed Control

PowerPoint: Weed Control - South
PowerPoint: Tank-mixing Nutrients with the herbicide Goal - South
Handout: Weed Management in Southern Bareroot Hardwood Nurseries

Irrigation and Soil-Water Relations

PowerPoint: Nursery Irrigation - Starkey
PowerPoint: Water Quality & Pesticide Use - Starkey
Handout: 403 Sensor
Handout: 407 Meter
Handout: 701 Meter Manual
Handout: Irrigation Water for Greenhouse and Nurseries
Handout: Measuring Irrigation Uniformity in Bareroot Nurseries
Handout: Soil Sensors - OSU
Handout: Spray Material Half-Life Chart
Handout: Tensiometer Fact Sheet
Handout: Understanding Water Quality
Handout: Using Tensiometers
Handout: Water Quality Affects Herbicide Efficacy

Seedling Quality and Survival

PowerPoint: Seedling Quality Affects Stand Establishment - Nadel
PowerPoint: Seedling Quality Program - Rosier
Handout: Seedling Quality Submission Form
Handout: Bareroot SQ Report (Sample)
Handout: Container SQ Report (Sample)

Collecting Samples for Evaluation

PowerPoint: Collecting Seedling and Soil Samples for Evaluation - Nadel

Where Do I Find?

PowerPoint: Where do I find? - Nadel
Handout: Waters Lab Water Sample Information Sheet
Handout: Waters Lab Greenhouse Container Media Parameters
Handout: Waters Lab Understanding Your Soil Analysis Report
Handout: Waypoint Plant Tissue Information Sheet
Handout: Waypoint Soil Sample Information Sheet
Handout: Waypoint Water Sample Information Sheet

Conifers

PowerPoint: Conifer Seed - Smith

Nursery Inventory

PowerPoint: Nursery Inventory - Rosier
Handout: Seedling Inventory Procedures
File: Sample Fall Container Inventory
File: Sample Fall Seedling Inventory
File: Sample Spring Seedling Inventory

Other Handouts

Growing the Best Seedling for Reforestation Success
Southern Forest Nursery Soil Testing Program
PowerPoint: Freeze Injury - Starkey

Last Updated: January 8, 2020