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Re: Abies

This is not to say either way about shade but in a professional nursery
things are done to optimize production that are not absolutely necessary. 

At 09:28 AM 7/19/97 -0300, stephen melvin wrote:
>Duncan McAlpine wrote:
>> 
>> ABIES
>> Hardy tree
>> Silver Fir
>> Germination Temp 68F
>> Germination Time: 1-3 months
>> Sow seeds 1/8 in deep in sandy compost in early spring or outdoors in
>> wee prepared soil in late spring. Prick out the seedlings into a nursery
>> bed when they are large enough to handle and grow on for two to three
>> years before planting out into their permanent positions in late autumn
>> or late spring.  The grow best in cool humind areas like my backyard.
>> --
>Duncan:
>I worked one summer in a forest tree nursery... The BALSAM fir trees
>there had to be kept covered with a black netting to provide shade, I'm
>wondering if all fir trees must be required to have shade...as in the
>forest o'natural??? Wanda:  ex-forester
>
>
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