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.