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Prince
George Seed Planning Unit
Elevations
up to 1400 meters
Seedlot
# 63009 - 90% Germination
Elevations
of 600 to 1400 meters
Inventory - 215.7 kg available
All SURPLUS @ GW 20%
Price = $4,400 / kg
High
Elevations - Over 1400 meters
Seedlot
# 63172 - 94% Germination
Elevations of 1200 to 1550 meters
Inventory - 56.45 kg available
All SURPLUS @ GW 12%
Price = $4,700 / kg
New High
Elevation Orchard #239
Seedlot
# 63252 - 89% Germination
Elevations of 1200 to 1550 meters
Inventory - 7.128 kg available
All SURPLUS @ GW 17%
Price = $4,700 / kg
Weevil
Tolerance - up to 1400 meters
Seedlot
#63303 - 92% Germination
Elevations up to 1400 meters
Inventory - 175.28 kg available
All SURPLUS @ 27 GW%
Price = $4,700 / kg
Seedlot
#63136 - 80% Germination
Elevations up to 1400 meters
Inventory - 28.45 kg available
All SURPLUS @ 26 GW%
Price = $4,000 / kg
Some
Seed prices have changed for 2011
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Interior
White Spruce
VSOC
Suggested
Spruce Sowing Factor
Germination
Capacity |
Seeds
per
Seedlings |
| 100-99% |
1.4 |
| 98-97% |
1.5 |
| 96-95% |
1.7 |
| 94-93% |
1.8 |
| 92-91% |
1.9 |
| 90-89% |
2.0 |
| 88-87% |
2.2 |
| 86-85% |
2.4 |
| 84-82% |
3.0 |
The seeds
required to produce a seedling is a factor that you should negotiate
with your nursery. The suggested seed factors from above are
used by many of our company divisions. The sowing factors use
will result in annual cost saving for your program.
Calculating
Seed Needs
Example:
Choose seedlot #63172
- 94% Germination Factor
Sowing request for = 500,000 seedlings
Factoring
Required
Seeds / seedling = 500,000 x 1.8
=
900,000 seeds
Spruce average 360 seeds / gram±
900,000 seeds Divided by 360
Total seed
required = 2500 grams
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