Resource Number: 14449
Title: Sampling Loblolly, Longleaf, and Slash Pine Foliage for Nutrient Analyses
Description: Foliage sampling loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine to determine nutrient status can be used as a diagnostic tool to aid forest landowners, forest consultants, and resource managers in making sound fertilizer prescriptions for pine plantations. Other diagnostic tools such as leaf area index (LAI) (for loblolly and slash pine) and soil sampling (testing for primarily plant available-P) provide additional information on the nutrient status of the stand. These diagnostic tools along with information on:
short- and long-term landowner management objectives,
soil series/group descriptions,
soil drainage classes,
tree species,
stand age,
stocking,
years to a thinning or final harvest,
percent fusiform rust incidence,
hardwood basal area present
are important to make a biologically & economically sound fertilization prescription.
Foliage sampling of loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine should be done in the following manner to ensure that the results from the UGA Soil, Plant, and Water Laboratory or other laboratory accurately represent the nutrient status of your pine stand.
Last Updated: February 11, 2021
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