Slide 1:RPM™ ROOT PRODUCTION METHOD CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRO FORESTRY


Slide 2:THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF PROVENANCE AND SEED SELECTION


Slide 3:THE LIFE OF A RED OAK PRODUCED USING THE RPM ™ PATENTED PRODUCTION SYSTEM 16 YEAR OLD RPM™ RED OAK (Quercus rubra) DBH AT 16 YEARS 13 INCHES APPROXIMATE HEIGHT 45 FT LOCATION: ELSBERRY MO


Slide 4:GROWTH RINGS OF RPM™ PIN OAK AT 18 YEARS 22” CALIPER


Slide 5:YEAR 1 RPM™ RED OAK YEAR 4 RPM™ RED OAK


Slide 6:YEAR ONE RPM™ ROOT SYSTEM


Slide 7:1year RPM™ Oak Root System compared to traditional field grown 1yr seedling.


4 yr old RPM™ Red Oak root system :4 yr old RPM™ Red Oak root system


Slide 9:6” Caliper on 4 yr RPM™ RED OAK


Slide 10:UNIFORM GROWTH OF 4 DIFFERENT RPM™ OAK SPECIES 7 YEAR OUTPLANTING


Slide 11:RPM™ RED OAK CANOPIED IN 7 YRS AT 20X20 SPACING


Slide 12:SUPERIOR QUALITY RED OAK SEED


Slide 13:Aspirator used for grading seed by density.


Slide 14:STEP ONE RPM™ RED OAK


Slide 15:EARLY LATERAL ROOTS


Slide 16:STEP TWO RPM™ RED OAK


Slide 17:30 days after transplant to Step 2


Slide 18:Completion of 2nd flush of growth ready to move to Step 3


Slide 19:STEP 3 RPM™ POTS PRE SET FOR LINING


Slide 20:RED OAK STEP 3 RPM™


Slide 21:RPM ™ RED OAK FINISHED STEP 3 210 DAYS FROM GERMINATION RPM™ STEP 3 ROOT SYSTEM SHOWING HEAVY INNOCULATION OF MYCORRHIZAE


Slide 22:AMEREN UE MITIGATION PROJECT Examples of RPM™ uses


Slide 23:WETLAND RESTORATION MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN


Slide 24:WETLAND RESTORATION CORN CROP BETWEEN PLANTINGS


Slide 25:WETLAND RESTORATION


Slide 26:SUNFLOWER AGRO FORESTRY CROP


Slide 27:RED TOP COMPANION GRASS


Slide 28:MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN BOTTOM LAND FOREST RESTORATION 8 GROWING SEASONS


Slide 29:Trunk measurement showing approximate growth of 1” caliper per year


Slide 30:RPM™ Kentucky Coffee tree and Bald Cypress Bottomland Forest Restoration


Slide 31:EARLY NUT PRODUCTION 3 YEAR RPM™ OAK


Slide 32:ACORN PRODUCTION ON A 7YR RPM™ RED OAK


Slide 33:ACORNS UNDER 3 YEAR RPM™ OAK


Slide 34:EARLY OAK REGENERATION


Slide 35:STREAM BANK BUFFER


Slide 36:RPM™ Sugar maple 4th growing season


Slide 37:RPM™ Sugar maple 12th growing season


Slide 38:GRAFTING PECANS ON RPM™ ROOTSTOCK


Slide 39:RPM™ Pecan grafts 1 yr growth (grafted late April)


Slide 40:HEAVY BLACK WALNUT PRODUCTION 3YR RPM™


Slide 41:ODOR ABATEMENT


Slide 42:WHITE OAK SELECTION HOLDS LEAVES EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR ODOR ABATEMENT PROJECTS PICTURE TAKEN APRIL 02 2008


Slide 43:Evergreens serve dual purpose of odor abatement and windbreak


Slide 44:RPM ™ RED CEDAR AND WHITE PINE PLANTING YEAR 1


Slide 45:RPM™ RED CEDAR AND WHITE PINE PLANTING YEAR 2


Slide 46:RPM ™ RED CEDAR YEAR 3


Slide 47:MITIGATION BANKING


Slide 48:WETLAND FILTER STRIP OF PRAIRIE CORD GRASS AND CATAILS AT FORREST KEELING NURSERY


Slide 49:PLANTING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS………