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• <br />, <br />' -~ be'applied if .the seedbed is comprised of~low fertility plant growth medium or parent material. , <br />Normally, .replaced .topsoil ma[eiials will have adequate: fertility. Tab 21, ~ Miriesoil • <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 />. 1 .. <br />Dozertracking is.included as an optidnal seeding method to be used on steep slopes where ; <br />. ~ ~ conventional seeding equipment cannot be operated. Ii, excessive track slippage occurs. duffing <br />~. ~ dozer tracking operations, the method will be; discontinued at that site. The seed mix .will be <br />broadcast either prior to dozer tracking of during the tracking operation. The site. will ,then <br />~ <br />' ~ either~be <br />hydromulched or straw mulched arid anchored with a tackifying agent. Fertilization <br />'considerations will be similar as that discussed above yin hyd[oseeding.. <br />. Shrub and vee seedlings will~be planted. primarily byhend.methods. Hand planting improves <br />' ~ opportunities for seedlings to be placed in available~microsites and allows planting~wheie site <br />conditions would restrict larger mechanical planting equipment. Hand .planting equipment <br />includes planting hoes,. spades and bars, or portable planting augers. Mechahical 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 />i <br />,. ,. <br />.. <br />29a ~ Revised 08/17/96 <br />