TABLE 2. Number of transplants planted at lie Grande and Kerlavos for 

 five species for five dates from May 1979 to May 1981 . 



Species 



Number of transplants 3 by year by month by site 5 - 1 



1979 1980 1981 



May Sep May Sep May 



IG K IG K IG K IG K IG K 



a All transplants were plugs except as otherwise noted. 



b IG = lie Grande, K = Kerlavos. 



c All transplants were sprigs. 



d Half were sprigs and half were plugs in May 1979. 



Puccinellia , four other species were also studied intensively. We 

 tested two different types of transplants of four species, spring 

 versus fall planting for four species, conventional and slow release 

 fertilizer materials over a wide range of substrate and elevation 

 conditions for five species, and developed nursery areas for two 

 species. These comparisons and tests resulted in the establishment of 

 61 separate experiments and plantings over about 0.3 ha (Figs. 27, 28, 

 29, 30). The smallest experiment contained only 27 transplants while 

 the largest contained over 1,000 transplants. The results from 

 selected plantings are contained in the sections of this report that 

 follow. 



Although quantitative measures (survival, cover and dry weight) 

 are important in assessing transplant response to fertilizer materials 

 and local site conditions, qualitative measures of plant response such 

 as sequential photographs can also be revealing and supplement data. 

 One of our best documented experimental plantings is at Kerlavos where 

 we compared sprigs and plugs of Puccinellia in several fertilizer 

 treatments. The planting was established in May 1979 and after 

 realizing the initial objectives, we refertilized the area to develop a 

 nursery for Puccinellia transplants. The pictorial sequence shows the 

 site prior to planting (Fig. 31), immediately after planting and 

 initial fertilization (Fig. 32), 1 year after planting (Fig. 33), and 2 

 years after planting, 8 months after refertilization (Fig. 34). 



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