NURSERY PRACTICE FOR PRAIRIE -PLAINS PLANTING 101 



Figure 35. — Lilac root suckers obtained from edges of old lilac bushes. 



1-year wildings may be pulled readily without the aid of tools, but 

 2-year wildings will often require the use of a spade or shovel to loosen 

 the roots. In some instances U- or L-shaped nursery digger blades 

 have been used successfully for this purpose. 



A device known as a wheel puller (fig. 36) has been found to be of 

 material aid in collecting wildings. This consists of a small-size tire 

 rim of old-model cars to which is attached a pick handle by means of 

 a %-inch steel U-bolt. One end of 

 the U-bolt is welded to the inner 

 face of the rim and the other end, 

 to which the handle is swiveled, 

 projects over the outer face of the 

 rim. In use, the wilding is clamped 

 between the lower end of the handle 

 and face of the rim and lifted by 

 the rolling action of the wheel when 

 pressure is applied to the upper end 

 of the handle. 



SUMMARY OF NURSERY 

 OPERATIONS 



Information of value to the nurs- 

 eryman regarding the season to sow, 

 sowing technique, germination rate, 

 and growth rate after germination, 

 for the various shrub and tree specie's 

 suitable for planting in the prairie- 

 plains region, is given in table 22, 

 together with additional comment 

 on the germination and growth hab- 

 its peculiar to the several species. 

 Particulars regarding the effects of 

 rodents, insects, and disease, not 

 included in table 22, are given sub- 

 sequently in the discussion of seedling 

 protection. 



Figure 36— Pul 

 wildlings with 

 wheel puller. 



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