PRT North
Tailored Solutions for Your Forestry. Precision Growing for Diverse Climates
PRT North combines innovation and professional expertise to deliver container seedlings that thrive in diverse climates across Canada, the US Pacific Northwest and Great Lake States/ Northeastern United States. We offer custom-grown, high-volume container seedlings and a full suite of services to help clients meet their sustainability targets while reducing risk.
Connect with your Customer Service Representative for regional support and consultation on your perfect stock type selection.
Services
Seed Orchards
High quality seed produces high quality seedlings.
- Seed collected from PRT operated seed orchards is made available to forest industry customers for use in their reforestation programs.
Seed Services
PRT offers a wide range of seed services, including:
Cone processing, seed storage, and seed sales
- Our cone facility processes seed for all species of conifers and is equipped with wing removal and seed-cleaning equipment. Prior to extraction, cones are stored in a vented storage shed.
- We store seed from across North America by way of our electronically monitored freezer storage facility, engineered to protect your valuable seed.
Seed stratification
We offer seed stratification as well as a complete seed testing service that includes:
- Assessment of seed weight
- Seedlot purity
- Seedlot germination capacity for both stratified and unstratified seed
Seed upgrading
- Our seed upgrading services remove extraneous materials and non-viable or empty seed, increasing the total germination capacity of the seedlot and upgrading difficult, low germination seedlots.
Seed Services
Choosing the right stock type is critical.
- The right seedlings minimize overall reforestation costs while maximizing initial survival, growth, and long-term success.
- Our Customer Support Representatives provide the expertise and product reliability to meet your green up and free-growing obligations.
- Your needs are communicated directly to a PRT nursery grow team, creating a collaborative approach that helps minimize regeneration costs through timely planting of healthy, properly conditioned seedlings.
Connect with your Customer Service Representative for regional support and consultation on your perfect stock type selection