Table of Contents
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association, Missoula, Montana,
June 23 to 25, 2008................................................................................................................................................................1
Growing and Energy Conservation................................................................................................................................................. 3
Eric van Steenis
Greenhouse Energy Consumption.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Eric van Steenis
Wood Gasifier as a Source of Heat
Tom Jopson**
Electricity and Handling of Seeds and Germination to Reduce Energy Inputs
Tom Jopson**
Improvements for Energy Conservation at the Coeur d’Alene Nursery........................................................................................ 10
Aram Eramian
Using a Wood Stove to Heat Greenhouses................................................................................................................................... 13
Gloria Whitefeather-Spears
Geothermal Energy for Greenhouses........................................................................................................................................... 17
Jacky Friedman
Using Waste Oil to Heat a Greenhouse........................................................................................................................................ 20
Marla Schwartz
Biodiesel From Waste Cooking Oil for Heating, Lighting, or Running Diesel Engines.................................................................. 22
Rico O. Cruz
Growing Media Alternatives for Forest and Native Plant Nurseries.............................................................................................. 26
Thomas D. Landis
Nancy Morgan
Comparing Growth of Ponderosa Pine in Two Growing Media..................................................................................................... 32
R. Kasten Dumroese
Growing Reforestation Conifer Stock: Utilizing Peat/Sawdust Medium........................................................................................ 35
Janice K. Schaefer
Evaluation of Three Growing Media Substrates for Western Larch Seedling Production at the USDA Forest Service
Coeur d’Alene Nursery.................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Anthony S. Davis
Kent Eggleston
Jeremy R. Pinto
R .Kasten Dumroese
Growing Media Trials at the Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery......................................................................................... 42
John Justin
Woody Biomass as a Substrate Component in Greenhouse Production
Glenn Fain**
Influence of Container Size on Wyoming Big Sagebrush Seedling Morphology and Cold Hardiness.......................................... 44
Kayla R. Herriman
Anthony S. Davis
R. Kasten Dumroese
Potential for Boom-Mounted Remote Sensing Applications in Seedling Quality Monitoring......................................................... 48
Robert F. Keefe
Jan U.H. Eitel
Daniel S. Long
Anthony S. Davis
Paul Gessler
Alistair M.S. Smith
Effects of Irrigation Frequency and Grit Color on the Germination of Lodgepole Pine Seeds...................................................... 52
Jeremy R. Pinto
R. Kasten Dumroese
Douglas R. Cobos
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Southern Forest Nursery Association, Asheville, North Carolina, July 21 to 24, 2008.........................................................59
Outlook for Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Trees................................................................................................................. 61
Paul H. Sisco
Nursery Profile: North Carolina Department of Forest Resources F.H. Claridge Nursery............................................................. 69
James West
Nursery Profile: G.H. Weyerhaeuser Nursery
Lucy Walker**
Nursery Profile: Bodenhamer Farms and Nursery
Louie Bodenhamer**
The Christmas Tree Industry in Western North Carolina............................................................................................................... 71
Jill Sidebottom
How Much Are the Loblolly Pine Seedlings You Grow Really Worth?
Steve McKeand**
Successes and Failures in Controlling Weeds in Hardwood Seedbeds at the Arkansas Forestry Commission
Baucum Forest Nursery................................................................................................................................................................ 74
Allan Murray
Hardwood Weed Control: Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry, Iowa State Nursery................................................ 76
Roger Jacob
Weed Management at ArborGen, South Carolina SuperTree Nursery......................................................................................... 79
Mike Arnette
A Century of Progress in Weed Control in Hardwood Seedbeds.................................................................................................. 80
David B. South
Root-Collar Diameter and Third-Year Survival of Three Bottomland Hardwoods Planted on Former Agricultural Fields in the
Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley.................................................................................................................................................... 85
Emile S. Gardiner
Douglass F. Jacobs
Ronald P. Overton
George Hernandez
From Lifting to Planting: Root Dip Treatments Affect Survival of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)....................................................... 90
Tom E. Starkey
David B. South
Stunt Nematode (Tylenchorhynchus claytoni) Impact on Southern Pine Seedlings and Response to a
Field Test of Cover Crops.............................................................................................................................................................. 95
Michelle M. Cram
Stephen W. Fraedrich
2008 Interim Guidelines for Growing Longleaf Pine Seedlings in Container Nurseries.............................................................. 101
R. Kasten Dumroese
James P. Barnett
D. Paul Jackson
Mark J. Hainds
Acorn Storage: Can You Really Fool Mother Nature?................................................................................................................. 108
Kristina Connor
Seed Moisture Meter
Bob Karrfalt**
How Might Bio-fuels, Carbon Credits, Reforestation Incentives, etc. Affect Future Seedling Demand?
Bill Hubbard**
List of Participants.....................................................................................................................................................................115
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Meeting.................................................................................................117
Southern Forest Nursery Association Meeting............................................................................................................................ 120
**No papers received; for more information, contact authors at the addresses provided in the list of attendees.
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