PRT Dryden is located in the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario in the city of Dryden. This location, in plant hardiness zone 2b, provides a very favourable environment for growing indigenous conifer seedlings.
The nursery is situated on 60 ha (135 acres). Annual production exceeds 8 million seedlings, including both 1+0 and 2+0 open compound crops. All species planted in northwestern Ontario, neighbouring provinces, the state of Minnesota and other northeastern border states are grown at PRT Dryden.
PRT Dryden offers a full range of standard seedling products and related nursery services, and specializes in the following areas:
Seedlings for Summer Planting - custom growing programs reliably provide well-conditioned seedlings for summer and fall planting, as either 1+0 or 2+0 crops.
2+0 Container Seedlings - the moderate climate, consistent snow cover, and our ability to generate artificial snow provides us with the environment needed to produce 2+0 seedlings. These well-conditioned, robust and well-balanced seedlings are economical and provide high value, especially for sites that are subject to vegetative competition and/or snow press. They are typically used on very productive sites as a replacement for bareroot seedlings. As well, we offer 2+0 seedlings grown at other, select PRT nurseries that have favourable climates for overwintering.
The main seedling products and services offered by PRT Dryden include:
Products:
- 1+0 and 2+0 container seedlings
- Nutri-plug™* Seedlings (contains controlled-release fertilizer)
- Christmas tree liners
Services:
- Cold storage
- Custom thawing
- Shipping
- Quality assurance
- Crop insurance
- Customer support:
- cooperative trials
- field visits
- physiological assessments
- customer seminars
- literature reviews
Silviculture services are offered through our associate company, PRT Frontier Resource Management. For more information contact PRT Dryden/Frontier.
