RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Native plant containers for restoration projects
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 341
OP 348
DO 10.2979/NPJ.2010.11.3.341
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Landis, Thomas D
A1 Steinfeld, David E
A1 Dumroese, R Kasten
YR 2010
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/11/3/341.abstract
AB The choice of container is one of the most important considerations when growing or ordering native plants for a restoration project. Container characteristics affect not only growth and production efficiencies in the nursery, they can also have important consequences after outplanting. The challenging conditions on restoration sites require containers with characteristics that are significantly different from standard containers used for horticultural crops. Unfortunately, plant specifications for many restoration projects are written using traditional horticultural pot dimensions, and we feel that this oversight is adversely affecting survival and growth after outplanting.