Excerpt from Sprouting of Blackjack Oak in the Missouri OzarksIn general those factors that resulted in the least amount of sprouting also resulted in fewer sprouts per sprouting tree, a higher sprout mortality, and a lower growth rate of sprout clumps.Practically all of the sprouting took place during the first and second growing seasons after treatment and the majority of the sprouts originated at the base of treated trees. The average height growth of sprouts during the first growing season was 4 to 5 times greater than the average annual height growth for the succeeding 5 years.Trees peel girdled sprouted less, had a higher sprout mortality, fewer Sprouts per sprouting tree, and smaller sprout clumps than trees notch girdled. Decreasing the depth below one-fourth inch resulted in definite decreases in the percent of trees sprouting. If a girdle cannot be made less than one-fourth inch into the sapwood it makes little difference how deep the tree is girdled.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.