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Preplant compost application improves landscape plant establishment and sequesters carbon in compacted soil

Creator:

Sullivan, Dan M.

Abstract:

Preplant compost application increased plant growth and visual appearance of a wide variety of perennial landscape plants. The positive plant growth response to compost was similar for com-post left on the soil surface or compost incorporated via rototilling. Compost application did not alleviate soil compaction. Plant growth response to compost...

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Conference Proceeding

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were then drilled with a 15-cm diameter screw-type power auger. Nursery transplants from 4-L pots were