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be applied if the seedbed is comprised of low fertility plant growth medium or parent material. <br />Normally, replaced topsoil materials will have adequate fertility. Tab 21, Minesoil <br />Reconstruction, details fertility sampling procedures which may be used to verify or adjust the <br />above general fertilization rate for hydroseeded steep slope areas. <br />Dozer tracking is included as an optional seeding method to be used on steep slopes where <br />conventional seeding equipment cannot be operated. If excessive track slippage occurs during <br />dozer tracking operations, the method will be discontinued at that site. The seed mix will be <br />broadcast either prior to dozer tracking or during the tracking operation. The site will then <br />either be hydromulched or straw mulched and anchored with a tackifying agent. Fertilization <br />considerations will be similar as that discussed above in hydroseeding. <br />Shrub and tree seedlings will be planted primarily by hand methods. Hand planting improves <br />opportunities for seedlings to be placed in available microsites and allows planting where site <br />conditions would restrict larger mechanical planting equipment. Hand planting equipment <br />includes planting hoes, spades, and bars, or portable planting augers. Mechanical seedling <br />planting will be considered as an optional planting method on sites which are not excessively <br />steep or rocky. Mechanical seedling planting will be conducted on the contour. Planting of <br />shrub and tree seedlings will be conducted primarily in the fall as dormant plantings. Spring <br />dormant plantings may be conducted if conditions permit. <br />29a Revised 06/17/96 <br />