Natural regeneration of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L) growing in moist habitats using different soil preparation methods

The paper reports the performance of pine culture established from natural regeneration in the moist mixed coniferous (BMw), fresh mixed coniferous (BMsw) and moist mixed deciduous (LMw) forest habitats in Psczynskie Forests I he seedlings were measured in the successive growing seasons following culture establishment The soil preparation variants included full beds ridge beds, and strips using FAO FAR soil cutter 1 he parameters subject to analysis embraced planting density, height and quality of seedlings taking into consideration soil preparation methods 1 he density of seedlings established on full beds was found to be the best, while on ridge beds it was the lowest Seedlings growing on strips showed the best height increment and quality while those growing on beds the poorest 1 he parameter variability between individual sites under the experiment was high