My colleagues and I are are setting up a common garden experiment on =
populations of various oaks (Q. rubra, Q. phellos, Q. alba, Q. =
prinus/montana), red maple and tulip poplar from various latitudes to =
look at variation in plant defenses (by the way if anyone wants to come =
and measure some aspect of inter-population variability along =
latitudinal gradients, we would welcome the extra collaboration).=20
The seedlings are doing great at the moment in just Promix which has no =
nutrients, but soon they will start to run out of their seed reserves. I =
have spoken to various people interested in horticulture but no-one =
seems quite sure how much to give to a wild tree seedling to ensure it =
both grows well now and stays tough enough to survive the rigors of =
being planted outdoors.=20
Can anyone suggest how much and how often we should feed our baby trees, =
and with what brand of fertilizer?
Thank you!!
Jonathan Adams
P.S. If you live in the Southland and curently have red maples seeding =
near you, we'd really welcome a bag of seeds! We have relatively few =
southerly populations of red maple.
