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FSH 2409.26f - SEED HANDBOOK
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CHAPTER 600 - SEED HANDLING
Contents
610
SEED EXTRACTION
620
SEED TESTING
630
SEED STORAGE
640
641
SEED INVENTORY
Seed Inventory Report
650
SEED YIELDS AND GERMINATION
660
SEED REQUISITIONS
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610 - SEED EXTRACTION. Generally, cone collections made on National Forests
in Region 2 will be extracted at the Bessey Nursery. However, cone collections
made on any Region 2 Forest may be extracted at other Forest Service Nurseries or
at other facilities. Arrangements for these extractions should be coordinated with
Renewable Resources in the Regional Office.
At all extraction facilities, current recommended extraction, cleaning and handling
procedures for each species will be followed.
Upon arrival at the nursery each cone collection will be checked for proper
sacking; general condition including insect and pathogen incidence, species, and
presence of foreign materials (needles, twigs, rocks, etc); and proper source
identification. Each collection must be accompanied by a completed Cone Handling
Checklist (see Section 572) for acceptance. If any collection, or portion of a
collection, does not meet acceptance standards as determined by the nursery, the
owning Forest will be notified regarding any problems. The nursery and affected
Forest will then decide on corrective action to be taken, including coverage of costs
of corrective action.
620 - SEED TESTING. After extraction and cleaning, seedlots will be weighed and
a series of tests performed on each seedlot. Samples from each seedlot will be tested
for seedlot purity,number of seed per pound, germination percent and moisture
content. Additional tests may also be performed, if necessary; that is, percent filled
seed and pest incidence. While some of these tests may be performed at the Bessey
Nursery, the majority of testing will be done under special agreement or contract at
the National Tree Seed Laboratory, Oregon State University, or other seed testing
facilAfter all seedlots have been extracted, cleaned and tested, a seed history report,
including seed test results, will be provided by the Bessey Nursery to each Forest
having new seedlots added to the Regional seedbank.
630 - SEED STORAGE.
1. All Region 2 seed will be stored in the Regional seedbank at the Bessey
Nursery that will assure seedlot integrity and identity.
2. Generally, new seedlots to be included in the Region 2 WCF seedbank must
have a minimum unstratified germination of 60 percent. For true firs the minimum
unstratified germination must be 35 percent. Exceptions to these standards must
be approved by the Regional Office. New seedlots not meeting these standards will
not be stored as part of the WCF seedbank. The owning units of these seedlots will
be notified by the Bessey Nursery regarding disposition of the cones or seed.
Disposition may include returning the cones or seed to the owning unit or
destruction.
3. Old (stored) seedlots which have declined in viability to the point that
germination rates are less than 50 percent (30 percent for true firs) will be declared
excess within 3 years of the germination test, unless otherwise instructed by the
Regional Office. Units owning such seed will be notified by the Regional Office
regarding disposition of this seed.
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4. Retesting of stored seedlots will normally be done only when seed is needed
and it has not been tested within the previous 3 years.
5. K-V and other funded seedlots, not part of the WCF seedbank, will be stored
with, but inventoried separate from WCF seed. No minimum germination rates are
specified for such seedlots.
6. Seed damaged during extraction, dewinging or cleaning, will not be stored.
Such seedlots will be recleaned, or if damage is extensive, the seed will be
destroyed. Units owning such seed will be notified by the Bessey Nursery.
640 - SEED INVENTORY. The Bessey Nursery will maintain records of seed
deposits, withdrawals and inventories. Seed data will be recorded in the Nursery
Management Information System (NMIS), Seed Subsystem.
1. Seed will not be capitalized until it has been determined that it meets
Regional quality standards. Until this determination has been made it will be
accounted for on a separate inventory, awaiting testing prior to capitalization.
2. Seed meeting Regional standards for WCF capitalization will be added to
the regular WCF inventory.
3. The Director of Renewable Resources, Regional Office, will be advised of
seedlots that fail to meet Regional standards. The owning unit will be contacted
regarding disposition of the seed.
4. Project funded seed (non-WCF) will be inventoried and accounted for,
separate from WCF seed.
641 - Seed Inventory Report. Annually, the Bessey Nursery prepares a Seed
Inventory Report for all seedlots included in the Regional seedbank. The annual
Seed Inventory Report, which is included in the Annual Nursery Report, will be
provided to each Forest by the Regional Office by December 1. An updated Seed
Inventory Report will be provided, by July 1, to Forests having seedlots added to the
Regional seedbank after the Annual Nursery Report has been prepared for the
previous fiscal year.
The Seed Inventory Report (ex. 01) includes the following items:
1. Heading. The heading includes the date of the inventory and the name of
the National Forest to which the data applies.
2. Seed Code. This alpha-numeric code is the seed source code (PMIC, Section
241) used to identify seed origin.
3. Act Code. Activity code used by the nursery to specify the type of seed
transaction - 253.
4. Act Date. Activity date - month, day and year of the activity - 09/11/85.
5. Amount Available. Amount of seed in the seedbank - 25.86 pounds.
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6. Test Typ. Test type - ger (germination).
7. Germ %. Germination percent as determined by the seed test agency for an
unstratified seed sample - 82.00.
8. Test Date. Month and year of the test - 06/81.
9. Gross Seed. Average number of seeds per unit weight - 33,521 seed/pound.
10. Purity. Percent pure seed per unit weight - 98% pure seed/pound.
11. Filled Seed. Percent filled seed as determined from a seed test.
12. % Moist Cont. Moisture content of the seed at the time the test is
conducted - 8%.
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641 - EXHIBIT 01
SEED INVENTORY REPORT BY FOREST
RUN DATE 07/25/90
GRAND MESA-UNCOMPAHGRE-GUNNISON
NATIONAL FOREST
(ALL UNITS OF WEIGHT ARE IN POUNDS)
*MOST RECENT ACTIVITY* ********* FROM MOST RECENT SEED TEST ***
CODE DATE
ACT
CODE
AMOUNT
ACT AVAILABL TEST
DATE
E
TYP
GERM
%
TEST GROSS
%
FILLED
DATE SEED PURITY SEED %
SEED CODE
DOUGLAS FIR SPECIES CODE: DF
DF -04-06-241-085-64-64802
253
091185
DF
-04-07-486-105-78-78812
25.86
GER
82.00
06/81
33521
98.00
091185
5.97
GER
77.00
02/82
37180
96.00
TOTAL - - - - - >
31.83
253
ENGELMANN SPRUCE SPECIES CODE: ES
ES -04-08-487-100-74-74801
253 091185
2.78
GER
86.00
06/81
51227
99.00
ES
-04-09-487-090-75-75802
253
091185
14.40
GER
72.00
06/81
139526
98.00
ES
-04-05-241-100-77-77828
253
091185
17.77
GER
72.00
06/81
127058
99.00
ES
-04-03-241-095-77-77832
253
091185
3.51
GER
88.00
06/81
133804
99.00
ES
-04-08-223-095-77-77861
253
091185
11.31
GER
77.00
06/81
142194 100.00
ES
-04-08-487-105-77-77865
253
091185
6.04
GER
88.00
06/81
111999 100.00
ES
-04-09-486-105-83-83826
246
062387
34.85
GER
90.00
04/84
111449
99.00
TOTAL - - - - - >
90.65
LODGEPOLE PINE SPECIES CODE: LP
LP -04-07-243-100-78-78808
246 012988
1.06
GER
91.00
04/84
88940
98.00
LP
-04-07-243-105-80-80820
246
051187
5.71
GER
94.00
02/81
LP
-04-20-486-100-80-80827
253
091185
13.62
GER
93.00
02/81
101606
99.00
LP
-04-21-486-100-81-81821
253
091185
29.89
GER
87.00
02/82
96716
99.00
LP
-04-07-486-100-83-83812
246
080687
0.00
GER
83.00
04/84
96305
99.00
LP
-04-09-486-100-83-83820
246
062387
0.00
GER
84.00
94/84
103561
99.00
LP
-04-09-486-100-84-84805
247
081789
50.25
GER
85.00
02/85
99038 100.00
LP
-04-07-486-100-84-84808
246
080687
0.00
GER
92.00
02/85
103561 100.00
LP
LP
LP
-04-09-486-1000-85-85801
-04-09-486-1000-85-85803
-04-09-486-1000-86-86802
251
246
251
121187
080687
121187
154.49
0.00
132.19
GER
GER
GER
85.00
97.00
12/85
12/85
01/87
86682
86410
86390
TOTAL - - - - - >
522.22
PONDEROSA PINE SPECIES CODE: PP
PP -04-05-247-080-79823
248 020590
PP
-04-09-487-080-83-83801
PP
-04-02-241-075-83-83804
91173 100.00
99.00 100.00
99.00 100.00
99.00 100.00
0.00
GER
90.00
02/85
12099 100.00
247
081789
64.84
GER
66.00
02/85
12489
99.00
253
174.94
74.88
GER
82.00
04/84
11824
99.00
TOTAL - - - - - >
31.83
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650 - SEED YIELDS AND GERMINATION. Seed yields (pounds of seed per bushel
of cones), seeds per pound, and seed germination for seedlots extracted during the
10-year period 1976-1985 at the Mt. Sopris Nursery and Albuquerque Tree Nursery
are summarized by species and Forest in exhibit 01. For individual seedlots there
is much variation in seed yields/bushel of cones, seed/pound, and germination
among seed zones, elevation of seed origin, collection areas within seed zones, year
of collection, collection method, and cone and seed handling procedures. Therefore,
the data in exhibit 01 should only be used for rough estimates of projected cone and
seed collection needs.
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650 - Exhibit 01
SEED YIELDS AND GERMINATION
(1976-1985)
Forest
Cones Pounds Seed/Bushel Cones
Seed/Pound
Germination %
Seedlots Extracted
Range
Range
Range
No.
(bu)
Average
Low
High Average Low
High Average Low High
ENGELMANN SPRUCE
Bighorn
GM/Unc/
Gunnison
Medicine
Bow
Rio Grande
Routt
Pike/San
Isabel
Shoshone
San Juan
White River
53
9
2261
648
0.58
0.85
0.17
0.11
1.10
1.08
150,700 127,400 188,200
126,600 111,400 142,200
71
79
27
51
96
92
9
428
0.83
0.29
1.14
128,200 115,200 151,200
66
37
95
43
16
7
2724
630
262
0.65
0.81
0.61
0.08
0.33
0.38
0.99
1.09
0.71
122,800 110,100 144,000
129,600 117,800 138,700
137,800 95,700 163,200
72
83
74
36
39
28
95
95
94
1
13
13
25
306
169
0.85
0.57
0.59
0.31
0.18
0.81
0.68
114,300 100,500 135,400
127,800 108,300 147,900
79
83
56
59
90
95
All Forests
164
7453
0.67
0.08
1.14
134,000
74
27
96
65 1
52
77
78
94
192,200
95,700 188,200
ENGELMANN-WHITE SPRUCE HYBRIDS
Shoshone
7
118
0.73
0.40
0.01
163,000 135,200 198,700
WHITE SPRUCE
Black Hills
2
36
0.92
0.86
0.95
171,200 166,000 176,400
2
BLUE SPRUCE
113,400
Medicine
Bow
White River
1
9
0.88
4
73
0.48
0.35
0.97
94,700
91,100 102,100
78 3
All Forests
5
82
0.53
0.35
0.97
98,300
91,100 102,100
86 4
1 Two seedlots
2 Not Testes
3 One seedlot
94
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650 - Exhibit 01--Continued
SEED YIELDS AND GERMINATION
(1976-1985)
Forest
Cones Pounds Seed/Bushel Cones
Seed/Pound
Germination %
Seedlots Extracted
Range
Range
Range
No.
(bu)
Average
Low
High Average Low
High Average Low High
LODGEPOLE PINE
Bighorn
GM/Unc/
Gunnison
Medicine
Bow
Rio Grande
Arapaho/
Roosevelt
Routt
Pike/San
Isabel
Shoshone
White River
54
24
6616
4024
0.31
0.35
0.02
0.09
0.66
0.44
103,000
99,000
88,000 123,000
86,100 111,700
85
89
58
69
96
96
11
1610
0.39
0.15
0.41
100,800
89,800 107,500
89
81
98
5
12
267
393
0.35
0.27
0.20
0.13
0.44
0.48
94,500
103,000
86,400 106,200
95,500 109,100
91
93
83
88
97
97
86
3
7799
22
0.43
0.21
0.19
0.17
0.65
0.26
94,100
103,800
84,100 128,900
94,700 109,300
87
82 5
62
96
3
15
70
232
0.15
0.29
0.08
0.12
0.18
0.43
106,700 104,300 111,200
All Forests
213 21,033
0.37
0.02
0.66
104,800
91,300 115,700
80 6
90
80
96
98,700
84,100 128,900
87
58
98
PONDEROSA PINE
Black Hills
1
GM/Unc/
4
Gunnison
Medicine
3
Bow
Arapaho/
7
Roosevelt
Rio Grande
1
Pike/San
16
Isabel
San Juan
23
All Forests
55
5 One seedlot
13,000
11
250
0.96
0.94
0.77
1.13
11,800
10,900 12,500
68
72
53
84
286
1.22
0.26
1.71
13,700
12,500 15,300
72
57
80
199
1.30
1.13
1.69
12,800
11,700 15,000
79
69
85
39
1334
1.18
1.17
0.37
1.66
14,000
12,500 16,900
69
76
29
96
5628
0.96
0.64
1.47
13,100
10,900 17,600
68
12
88
7747
1.02
0.26
1.17
13,300
10,900 17,600
72
12
96
13,200
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650 - Exhibit 01--Continued
SEED YIELDS AND GERMINATION
(1976-1985)
Forest
Cones Pounds Seed/Bushel Cones
Seed/Pound
Germination %
Seedlots Extracted
Range
Range
Range
No.
(bu)
Average
Low
High Average Low
High Average Low High
DOUGLAS-FIR
568
15
0.40
0.46
0.16
0.14
0.56
0.62
40,500
42,300
34,100 45,800
37,200 47,700
77
75 7
48
91
53
94
113
0.45
0.53
0.61
0.28
0.11
0.17
0.50
0.77
0.92
42,800
38,100
38,500
41,500 44,500
36,600 39,700
32,000 32,000
85
87
82
84
75
47
88
93
96
13
100
98
0.24
0.40
0.57
0.39
0.56
0.40
0.61
45,200
30,500
43,500 47,700
28,200 32,800
94
68
91
64
88
73
94
213 21,033
0.37
0.02
0.66
98,700
84,100 128,900
87
58
98
Bighorn
14
GM/Unc/
2
Gunnison
Rio Grande
3
Routt
8
Pike/San
6
Isabel
San Juan
1
Shoshone
3
White River 2
All Forests
34,4000
WHITE FIR
18,800
Pike/San
Isabel
San Juan
1
18
1.04
59
3
76
3.09
2.78
3.45
12,800
12,300 13,300
60
51
76
All Forests
55
7747
1.02
0.26
1.17
13,300
10,900 17,600
72
12
96
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660 - SEED REQUISITIONS. Requisitions for seed from the Region 2 seedbank at
the Bessey Nursery will be made on form AD-700, Procurement Request (ex. 01).
The following information must be included on each requisition:
1. Complete heading items indicated in exhibit 01. Under item 6, Unit Code,
include the appropriate National Forest code. Under item 7 use the appropriate
fund code to be charged.
2. Block 14. Include the species name and 12-digit alpha-numeric seed source
code (PMIC) for each seedlot ordered.
3. Block 17. Indicate pounds of seed, to the nearest 0.1 pound, requested.
4. Block 19. Indicate cost per pound of seed. Verify seed costs with the Bessey
Nursery.
5. Block 29, section E. Indicate Management Code (up to 6 digits) to be
charged for seed ordered.
6. Complete all other items indicated in exhibit 01.
Send the original and 2 copies of the completed AD-700 to the Bessey Nursery, P.O.
Box 38, Halsey, NE 69142.
Ordered seed will be shipped to the address included on the AD-700. The Bessey
Nursery will bill the ordering Forest for the cost of seed ordered plus shipping.
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660 - Exhibit 01
PROCUREMENT
REQUEST
TO: (PROCUREMENT OFFICE)
INSTRUCTIONS: Agencies must provide
entries in unshaded areas. See reverse.
2
RECEIVING
OFFICE NO.
3
CONTRACT NUMBER
(If Applicable)
1. REQUESTING OFFICE
Bessy Nursery
P.O. Box 38
Halsey, NE 69142
4
ORDER
DATE
5
GM, UNC, Gunnison
225 Highway 506
Delta, CO 81416
6
7
8
9 1A. PROCUREMENT REQUEST NO.
UNIT FUND PURCHASE/DELIVER SUB.
CODE CODE
Y
4-108-92
ORDER NUMBER
1B. DATE
06/15/92
04
CHECK ONE
10. TO: (Seller)
11. SHIP TO: (Consignee and Destination)
Purchase
Order
Taylor River Ranger District
206 North Colorado
Gunnison, CO 81230
Deliver
Order
INSIDE DELIVERY REQUESTED
12
13
LINE ACT.
ITEM CODE
14
DESCRIPTION
15
16
BUDGET ACC.
OBLECT LINE
17
QUANTIT
Y
18
UNIT
ISSUE
19
20
UNIT PRICE
AMOUNT
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Lodgepole Pine
Seed Source
LP-04-486-81
75.0
lb.
57.00
4275 00
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
(303) 641-0471
I. Everhard
TECHNICAL CONTACT
TELEPHONE NO.
21. FOB POINT
20. DISCOUNT TERMS
23. REQUIRED DELIVERY 23A. NEGOTIATED
(Do not use
DELIVERY
ASAP) 11/1/92
28.
24. SHIP VIA
26. ESTIMATED
FREIGHT
2
A
5
B
10
25.
TOTAL
27.
$4275.00
$4275.00
29. ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION
ACC
LINE
Sub-Total 
C
5
D
3
30
31
DISTRIBUTION
AMOUNT
E
4
2
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RECOMMENDED SOURCE(S) (If necessary, use attachment)
I certify that the above items are necessary for use in the public service.
TITLE
Forester
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
This form was electronically produced by Elite Federal Forms, Inc.
John Berry
AD-700 (4-82)