CONTENTS 



Page 



COWERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC CSI) 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II SELECTING PLANTS AND PLANTING METHODS 7 



III OBTAINING PLANT MATERIAL 8 



IV PLANTING METHODS 17 



1. Seeding 17 



2. Planting Sprigs Unanchored 17 



3. Planting Plugs 17 



4. Planting Sprigs Anchored 18 



V PLANTING TIME 19 



1. Eelgrass 19 



2. Turtle Grass, Shoalgrass, Manatee Grass, and Ditch Grass .... 19 



VI SEED APPLICATION RATE AND PLANT SPACING 20 



1. Seeding 20 



2. Sprigs, Plugs, and Sprigs U'oven Into E-Z Fabric 22 



VII ESTIMATING LABOR AND MATERIAL COSTS 22 



VIII FERTILIZATION AND HORMONE TREATMENT 22 



IX SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 23 



1. Depth 23 



2. Light 23 



3. Temperature 23 



4. Salinity 24 



5. Nutrients 24 



6. Currents and Waves 25 



LITERATURE CITED 26 



TABLES 



1 Recommended planting times 20 



2 Estimated transplantation costs 21 



FIGURES 



1 Planting decision key, Atlantic coast north of Beaufort, 



North Carolina 9 



2 Planting decision key, Atlantic coast south of Beaufort, North 



Carolina, to Florida and along the Gulf coast 10 



