%0 Research article
%T Pre-harvest soil acidification, liming or N fertilization did not significantly affect the survival and growth of young Norway spruce
%A Sikström, Ulf
%D 2005
%J Silva Fennica
%V 39
%N 3
%R doi:10.14214/sf.372
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/372
%X Acidification, liming, and N fertilization affect a number of soil  properties. Such changes may have an impact on forest regeneration and  yield. The aim of this study was to investigate the survival and growth  of Picea abies (L.) Karst. planted on plots that had been acidified (in  12 annual treatments totalling 600 or 1200 kg S ha–1 in the form of  elemental sulphur), limed (12 x 500 = 6000 kg lime ha–1 in the form of  CaCO3) or N-fertilized (3 x 200 = 600 kg N ha–1 in the form of urea)  prior to harvest. Trees growing on plots treated with a combination of  the N plus the lower S application were also tested. None of the  treatments, applied in three replicate stands, significantly influenced  either survival or growth of Picea abies trees during the first 11  growing seasons after planting.