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Old 8th May 2007, 03:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Root bags for nursery trees

I may not be writing on selecting nursery trees, but the project is ongoing in my mind.

When I do it, I think it will need to be presented heavily as "my preference" and why.

Anyhow, this year, I hope to avoid buying trees that come with root bags. It kind of looks like a felt / fabric that takes the place of a pot or burlap and the trees are stored with the rootballs sub-grade. The fabric is supposed to stop the roots from growing outward.

I found that some roots penetrate, and some get embedded. These bags can't stay on like burlap, and I find that removing them shatters the rootball.

Simply put - I despise these root bags.
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Rooted bags then!

Have you got pics of the specific root bags and perhaps what they do?
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Old 8th May 2007, 04:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Rooted bags then!

Have you got pics of the specific root bags and perhaps what they do?
I can get pics.

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Check this out - I found this link and its got good pics of a bunch of stuff. I barely read it, but it looks interesting. About page 35 and 36 shows fabric bags. All I can say, whether good or bad, I'd be suprised to find many arborists that would like dealing with them once they fought with a half dozen or so. Nurseryman seem to have their own theory, but it sure doesn't improve the fight. Here's that link http://hort.ufl.edu/woody/powerpoint...sinnursery.ppt
Basically, its a fabric pot that takes the place of burlap on what we call B&B (balled & burlapped) root balls. The main difference is that burlap allows roots to grow through and the burlap these days can be left on after planting - it decomposses. Usually, just the thick wad wrapped around the truck is peeled back and cut loose.

But being able to leave the burlap on in the ground prevents shifting an un-contained ball and shattering the ball.

The fabric bags have to be ripped off and that means tilting the tree back and forth, often before it even is in the ground - leaving the ball unwrapped vulnerable.

I prefer the burlap, even if sometimes we do need to take a sharp spade and cut the fine roots the penetrate from the burlap to the soil or mulch on the outside. Usually, they are selling trees fast enough, that the roots don't protrude from burlap much.
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