Tree Shelters Improve Establishment on Dry Sites
Improving plant establishment on arid and semi-arid sites can be very difficult. In addition to providing water and soil capable of supplying the nutrients required for growth (including necessary soil symbionts such as rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi if appropriate), the planter must provide protection from grazing, abrasion from blowing sand, mechanical wind damage, and temperature extremes. This paper reviews the nature of these problems and examines the results from field tests and observations in the California desert on the effects of TUBEX Treeshelters™ with several species. Plants grown with Treeshelters generally showed markedly improved survival and growth. Tree Planters' Notes 45(1):13-16; 1994.
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Author(s): David A. Bainbridge
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volumes 45, Number 1 (1994)
Section: Technical Tips
Volume: 45
Number: 1
