Organic Mulches Affect Soil and Leaf Nutrient Levels of Young Pecan Trees

Wheeler G. Foshee; William D. Goff; Michael G. Patterson; Kenneth M. Tilt; W. Alfred Dozier; Laura S. Tucker; James S. Bannon

doi:10.48044/jauf.1999.012

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Organic Mulches Affect Soil and Leaf Nutrient Levels of Young Pecan Trees

Wheeler G. Foshee III, William D. Goff, Michael G. Patterson, Kenneth M. Tilt, W. Alfred Dozier, Jr., Laura S. Tucker and James S. Bannon

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 1999, 25 (2) 81-84; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1999.012

Wheeler G. Foshee III

1Former graduate research assistant, Department of, Horticulture

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William D. Goff

2Professor, Department of Horticulture

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Michael G. Patterson

3Professor, Department of Agronomy and Soils

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Kenneth M. Tilt

2Professor, Department of Horticulture

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W. Alfred Dozier Jr.

2Professor, Department of Horticulture

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Laura S. Tucker

4Research Associate, Department of Discrete and, Statistical Sciences

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James S. Bannon

5Director, E. V. Smith Research Center, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL 36849

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Table 1. Effect of mulch treatments on concentration of soil K, and concentration of foliar Fe and Mn.^{^z}

Treatment	Nutrient concentration
Treatment	Soil K (ppm)	Foliar Fe (ppm)	Foliar Mn (ppm)
Grass clippings	126 a^{^y}	112 ab	1,453 a
Chipped limbs	75 b	78 c	764 c
Hardwood leaves	53 b	125 a	622 c
Pine straw	53 b	86b c	816 be
Pine bark nuggets	43 b	125 a	1,265 ab
Bermudagrass sod	54 b	108 abc	987 be
Significance
Treatment	.0091	.0284	.0111

↵z Values are means of 12 trees grown at 3 mulch depths: 15, 30, and 45 cm (6, 12, and 18 in.).
↵y Mean separation within each column by LSD at P < 0.05. Values followed by different letters are statistically different.

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Wheeler G. Foshee, William D. Goff, Michael G. Patterson, Kenneth M. Tilt, W. Alfred Dozier, Laura S. Tucker, James S. Bannon

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Mar 1999, 25 (2) 81-84; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.012

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Organic Mulches Affect Soil and Leaf Nutrient Levels of Young Pecan Trees

Wheeler G. Foshee, William D. Goff, Michael G. Patterson, Kenneth M. Tilt, W. Alfred Dozier, Laura S. Tucker, James S. Bannon

Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Mar 1999, 25 (2) 81-84; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.012

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