GEOTHERMAL STEAM IS USED AT A PLANT NURSERY NEAR TAUPO to propagate seedlings for the restoration of native vegetation along a five-mile stretch of the Waikato river. The work is just getting under way, and improvisation is still needed. The top photograph shows trays of seedlings being taken into a “glass-house” made of thin polythene plastic sheeting. On the left is the shade-house. The bottom picture shows a bore, which provides a constant flow of steam and hot water, being used to sterilise a box of soil. The bore is 1000 ft deep.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29682, 28 November 1961, Page 13
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93GEOTHERMAL STEAM IS USED AT A PLANT NURSERY NEAR TAUPO to propagate seedlings for the restoration of native vegetation along a five-mile stretch of the Waikato river. The work is just getting under way, and improvisation is still needed. The top photograph shows trays of seedlings being taken into a “glass-house” made of thin polythene plastic sheeting. On the left is the shade-house. The bottom picture shows a bore, which provides a constant flow of steam and hot water, being used to sterilise a box of soil. The bore is 1000 ft deep. Press, Volume C, Issue 29682, 28 November 1961, Page 13
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