In an average year, the Indian Mound Nursery would produce a crop of 25 million pine and 300,000 hardwoods. Hardwood production is estimated at 300,000 with 15 different species. In addition to the production and sale of tree seedlings, an expert staff is on hand to provide technical information to clients concerning species suitability and transplanting specifications. The staff also refers clients to Texas Forest Service experts stationed throughout the state. Growing forest tree seedlings is a year-round job.
Constant care is taken in all phases of production.
To ensure the land will continue to produce such great numbers, conservation of the soil is practiced. Summer and winter cover crops are sown to areas not in seedling production. And the amount of compost and commercial fertilizer applied each year is determined by the results of soil tests taken each fall. The planting process begins each fall when pine seeds are extracted from collected at the agency s genetically improved seed orchards at Magnolia Springs near Kirbyville. These seedlots are tested regularly for purity and viability.