\ 7. PLANTING METHODS 



a . Date of PI ant i ng 



American beachgrass seems to have a fairly wide tolerance to date 

 of planting. The experiment reported in Table 13 was carried out to get 

 some more precise estimates of this tolerance. 



TABLE 13 



Date of Planting - American Beachgrass - Hatteras Island 



Planting Date Yield lb/acre 



August 15, 1965 

 530 



1010 



976 



I 124 



816 



821 



935 



605 



648 



513 



Least Significant Difference .05 122 



Least Significant Difference .01 164 



Coef f ic ient of Var iab i I ity 46% 



October 14* 



1964 



November 1 2 



1964 



December 23 



1964 



January 12 



1965 



February 16 



1965 



March 18 



1965 



March** 



1965 



April 15 



1965 



Apri 1** 



1965 



May 1 1*** 



1965 



*Plants not nursery grown, dug on dunes and replanted 



immed iatel y. 

 ** Plants dug December 15, 1964 and stored at 34-38° F. 



unt i I pi anted . 

 ***Plants dug March 19, 1965 and stored at 34-38° F. until 



p I anted. 

 All others dug from nursery and planted within one week. 



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