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3. Fumigate the soil to kill nematodes and reduce the amount 

 of soil-inhabiting fungi. It gives the newly planted 

 trees a chance to get established and start growing before 

 populations of these soil-inhabiting organisms build up 

 again. 



Fumigate in September or October and it will be safe to 

 plant next spring. Spring fumigation takes at least 2 

 weeks and considerably longer , if the weather is cold and 

 wet, for the fumigant to leave the soil so it is safe to 

 plant. 



Satisfactory soil fumigants are dichloropropene type - DD 

 or Vidden D at 40 gallons, or Telone at 32 gallons per 

 acre; EDB (ethylene dibromide) , Dowfume W-85 , or Soilfume 

 85 at 9 to 10 gallons per acre; DECP (1-2 dibromo-3-chloro- 

 propene) - Nemagon EC2 or Fumazone 70E at 5-8 gallons 

 per acre; also Trizone at 170 pounds per acre. Read the 

 label and follow directions and precautions. 



Applications should be 8 to 10 inches deep in rows 12 inches 

 apart and sealed in by drag or roller. There will be a 

 better seal of fumigant if the top 4 or 5 inches of soil 

 is worked into a fine seedbed condition before fumigation. 



Unless a grower wants to go to the expense of building and 

 calibrating a tractor-drawn chisel or plow sole application 

 rig, he can have the job done by a custom applicator. They 

 have properly made and calibrated rigs and know how to use 



them. 



4. Lime and fertilize according to soil test. 



5. Plant trees from nurseries where soil ivas fumigated with 

 methyl bromide. 



6. Best rootstock appears to be Lovell - better than Elberta 

 seedlings. 



7. Follow a disease and insect control program from the time 

 of setting. 



8. Prune in spring - better than pruning in fall or winter. 



9. Avoid discing - follow herbicide program. 



10. Provide water the first year if needed, so plants will get 

 a good start, and also during droughts in later years. 



11. Extra nitrogen in August seems to improve survival in 

 Georgia. (In Massachusetts, follow Massachusetts fertil- 

 izer recommendations.) 



