%0 Article
%T Use of peat briquettes in seeding of Scots pine
%A Lehtiniemi, Tapio
%D 1973
%J Silva Fennica
%V 7
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14727
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4889
%X <p>The aim of the study was to assess, through field experiments, the possibilities of using peat briquettes in the seeding of Scots pine (<em>Pinus sylvestris</em> L.) in Southern Finland. The briquettes were dug into the soil in the middle of patches of mineral soil. The seeds were covered by a 2-5 mm layer of mineral soil. The seedings were inventoried in the three following autumns.</p>
<p>According to the results, the briquettes were clearly inferior to the control, which was ordinary drill seeding. This was mainly due to the fact that no rain was received after the seeding, and that the third summer from seeding was extremely dry. Abundant germination was observed during the second summer after seeding in both briquette seeding and the control. During more rainy summers the result might have been better.</p>
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