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Title: Tree growing in the public schools
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), 1877-1954 Greene, Harry A. (Harry Andrew), 1889-1974
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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handling ofyoung trees is the ordinary tin can, of quart size or larger. By speakingto the pupils in advance it will be possible to accumulate a stock oftin cans sufficient to hold all the trees they wish to grow. Removethe cut end with a can opener or by melting the solder. Then with asharp hatchet make two cuts across the bottom at right angles.This provides drainage and will allow the roots to escape after thetree is set out, the idea being to leave the tree right in the can, whenplanting out, as the tin soon corrodes and, as already stated, thecross cuts in the bottom allow the roots to grow out in case thecan does not disintegrate soon enough. The older boys will soonlearn to prepare the cans without danger or loss of time. Afterthe sprouted seeds or young seedlings taken from the woods havebeen planted in cans, they should be set in rows in sunken bedsso placed as to have partial shade during most of the day. Duringthe dry season shade the cans with straw or other mulch, to keeptreegrowinginpub59babc
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