68 FOKESTRY WORK 



If 1-year 1-year transplants of conifers are required, 

 the seedlings should be dibbled in on beds about 4 feet 

 wide, and the growing space allotted to each should be 

 about G square inches — that is, 3 inches by 2 inches, or 

 2| incaes by 2| inches, or, for convenience in weeding, 

 4 inches by 1| inches. 



Hardwood seedlings should have 9 or 10 square inches 

 of growing space — 3 inches by 3 inches or 5 inches by 

 2 inches. 



1-year 2-year, 1-year 1-year 1-year, or 2-year 1-year 

 conifer transplants should have 21 to 24 square inches, 

 and be placed 3 inches apart in lines 7 inches or 8 inches 

 apart* 



Hardwoods of the same age require 36 to 48 square inches, 

 12 inches by 3 inches or 12 inches by 4 inches. 



Lines of conifers 2-year 2-year old should seldom be 

 closer than 9 inches, with 3 inches between the plants, 

 although some foresters advocate giving them the same 

 growing space by planting them farther apart, in lines 

 that are closer together, but the difficulties of cleaning 

 and the danger of damage when hoeing are increased. 



In fact, the work of cleaning is more quickly done when 

 the lines are 10 inches or 12 inches apart, and the plants 

 are usually stronger and more robust than when they are 

 too crowded. 



One advantage of making the rows closer is that more 

 plants may be grown per acre, thereby reducing the 

 size of the nursery, and incidentally the cost per 1,000 

 plants. 



Two-year seedlings of hardwoods should be planted 



