Time Event 8:50 a.m. Welcome—Clabo/Dickens 9:00 The establishment phase-preparing the site—Dickens 10:00 Longleaf genetics and seedlings; size, quality, bareroot vs containerized, handling—Clabo 11:00 Management implications for longleaf pine on old-field sites—Clabo 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Post-plant herbaceous weed control—products, timings, dosages, and study results—Dickens 2:00 Prescribed burning; timing, frequency, effects on survival and growth—Clabo 3:00 Break 3:15 Longleaf pine seed source study-5-8 year results—Clabo 4:00 Economics of growing longleaf pine—Dickens 4:45 Questions and Adjourn
October 12, 2022
Time Event 8:15 a.m. Longleaf pine growth rate estimates through age 32 on two old-field sites—Dickens 9:15 Pine straw raking basics—Clabo 10:00 Maintaining pine straw production and wood growth of longleaf pine on cutover and old-field sites—Dickens 10:45 Break 11:00 Depart to longleaf study areas—Oliver, GA 11:40 Discussion in a twice thinned longleaf pine stand (planted December 1986) where pine straw management occurred and midrotation fertilization trials were conducted. 12:40 Longleaf pine seed source study: survival, growth, stem form, and management history impacts on results 1:40 pm Questions, Evaluations and Adjourn
