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Water and Nutrient Management of Ground Pine Chips as a Container Substrate

Dr. Robert Wright, Virginia Tech, $20,000 2 year project
 
Executive Summary
Due to increasing costs and availability of suitable container substrates for nursery and greenhouse crops, a new substrate made from ground tree logs is proposed. Whole pine tree logs are chipped and further ground in a hammer mill to a particle size that meets specific […]