Best Practices

In this helpful video, Reforestation Advisor Geoffrey Lee Hill shares some great tips on how to maximize survivability of your investment.

Making an informed decision about how seedling performance is measured is critical for a customer to make the right decision for their new tree forest.  ArborGen provides specific performance measurements and includes checklot information when reporting...

Subsoiling Before Planting Seedlings Prior to planting seedlings, an operation known as subsoiling, breaking up the ground before planting,  should be performed to shatter the compaction pan associated with past agricultural practices. Subsoiling prior to forestry...

Watch an informative video from Paul Jeffreys, PhD, one of ArborGen's Reforestation Advisors. Paul discusses optimal seedling planting in the field to maximize your investment.

Watch an informative video from Paul Jeffreys, PhD, one of ArborGen's Reforestation Advisors. Paul discusses an all too common practice in the field that is actually something to avoid.

Get the Right Site Prep Chemical Mix As the price of site prep chemicals has dropped, the natural inclination is to use more since they are cheaper. But more is not always better. Another common problem area is the use of multiple herbicides such as imazapyr,...

We have such great customers who do such great things! Take the Hall family in Mississippi who just donated a 245-acre parcel of timberland to Mississippi State University (MSU). The parcel, now known as the Hall Timberlands Forest, will be used as a living laboratory...

As an introduction to our recently published Guide to Using Imazapyr for Site Preparation in Southern Pine Plantation Establishment, it is helpful for landowners to understand the value of earlier site prep. This article outlines the benefits and gives some general...

Investment in high-quality genetics has proven to result in increased profits, but it doesn’t happen without your help. Like any high-quality product, special treatment is required to realize the maximum potential. Find out the top 10 most critical things to do in...

A few weeks back, I accompanied a former student of mine, now a professional forester, to a planting site on his company land to inspect both seedling and planting quality. As we arrived on the tract that had been site prepared for its new forest, I noticed something...