Table 1.

Growth of container-grown red oak after transplanting to three bulk density media.

Transplant	Growing			Shoot			Leaf			Regenerated
media bulk	media bulk	Stem dia. (mm)			length	dry		area	dry	root
density (g cm^-3)	density (g cm^-3)	Initial	Final	no.	(cm)	wt (g)	no.	(cm^-2)	wt (g)	dry wt. (g)
1.25	0.3	10.4	13.8	15.4	281.4	22.0	117	7134	53.5	27.7
	0.9	10.4	14.6	21.8	338.2	19.6	138	7503	52.9	35.9
	Average	10.4	14.2	18.6	309.8	20.8	127	7318	53.2	31.8
1.50	0.3	10.6	15.4	12.2	291.0	24.8	115	6989	52.8	37.2
	0.9	10.6	14.6	15.8	335.0	28.1	129	7438	56.6	39.0
	Average	10.6	15.0	14.0	313	26.5	122	7214	54.7	38.1
1.75	0.3	10.4	13.4	16.6	237.2	19.5	141	7687	56.4	36.0
	0.9	10.0	12.8	18.6	277.0	17.2	138	6995	53.6	32.5
	Average	10.2	13.1	17.6	257.1	18.4	140	7341	55.0	34.3
ANOVA
Growing media		NS^{^y}	NS	0.08	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Transplant media		NS	0.05	NS	0.11	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Growing media x transplant media		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS