Urban Landscaping- Part I: Bareroot Trees (Webcast)

A best management practice that is increasingly moving from research to the field is bare root planting. Whether from a nursery field to the city street or just from one place in your yard to another, it's the roots that suffer when trees are transplanted.

Consider this: Shade tree roots are found primarily in the top 12inches of soil. Tiny absorbing roots- responsible for most of thetree's intake of water and nutrients- grow horizontally not only up tothe dripline, but also beyond it. In fact, there is often a higherpercentage of absorbing roots beyond the dripline than within it. Anunbelievable 90% of tree roots are routinely left behind in the nurseryat the time of harvest. In an industry where having a viable rootsystem is the primary determining factor of whether trees survive andthrive in their new location, current practices must be reevaluated.

This is a webinar resource.  Length: 61 minutes.