Trees and Planting: Getting the Roots Right

Proceedings from a Professional Conference for the Green Industry held in November 2005 at Morton Arboretum.Includes thirteen papers:

• Distinguishing Between Root System Architecture Changes and Planting Too Deep, Gary Watson and Angela Hewitt
• A Survey of the Planting Depths in Ohio Nursery Trees, Richard Rathjens and T. Davis Sydnor
• Nursery Tree Depth Projects, Douglas Airhart
• Planting Depth and the Growth of Nursery Trees, Mark Jarecki, David Williams and Gary Kling
• Planting Depth and Cultural Practices, Donita L. Bryan, Michael A. Arnold, Garry V. McDonald, W. Todd Watson, Leonardo Lombardini, Andrew D. Cartmill and Geoffrey C. Denny
• Should Potting Depth Be A Concern with Container Grown Trees?, Donna C. Fare
• What Happens When Container Grown Trees are Planted Deeply? An Example From Studying the Live Oak Cultivar Cathedral Oak, Edward F. Gilman and Patti Anderson
• The Effects of Soil Depth on the Long-Term Health and Frequency of Storm Damage to Trees in the Upper Midwest, Chad Giblin, Jeff Gillman, David Hanson, Dave Hanson, Gary R. Johnson, Patrick Weicherding,
• Effects of Planting Depth on Tree Performance in the Landscape, Christina Wells, Karen Townsend, Judy Caldwell, Don Ham, Mike Sherwood, E. Thomas Smiley
• Buried trunks: How Deep Planting Affects Trunk Tissue, Adventitious Rooting, and Tree Growth, Susan D. Day, J. Roger Harris, and R. Jay Stipes
• Root Collar Excavations to Improve Tree Health, E. Thomas Smiley
• What is Found Below The Ground: The Tree’s Response to Deep Planting, Ron Zillmer and Dan Traas
• Getting the Roots Right: The Structural Root Depth Best Management Practice, Gary Watson

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