The refrigeration bays are enormous. When we bring a trailer load in from the field it's quickly off loaded by forklift and placed into one of the bays with a mister to keep everything moist. All bays are kept at 36 degrees.
After processing seedlings are boxed up and labeled for delivery.
Here's a short video of today's operation, you can see the seedling lifters in action.
A bit easier for the crew because this was 1 year Ponderosa pine plug seedlings which don't get as root tangled.
This photo is the sorting and boxing line where seedlings are prepared and loaded into waxed...
We started the day off putting potting soil in conical seedling tubes that will be for a run of White bark pine seeds. It's a special run apparently and the seed costs $5000 per pound according to the staff here. Initially we were filling the tubes 2 at a time but quickly realized that if we...
Two year old Ponderosa pine was on the menu for today and it was a real chore for the contractors to bundle and load into the trailer bins. Each bundle is between 50-60 lbs. to load and the seedlings are all root bound so it's a tangled mess.
Spending this week down in Medford, OR helping out at the tree nursery with a couple of other co workers from Alaska.
After much flight drama getting here, we showed up ready for what ever they wanted us to do. First thing they asked was have you driven a tractor? Uh, no. Can you use a...
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