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Root issues repost

Posted in Bare-root transplanting, Miscellaneous, Plant management, Root-washing, Roots, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Last year I worked on a large mall planting project.  A number of trees had to be pulled out to make way for a new parking layout; the islands they had been growing in were removed and paved over, with new islands located in a different configuration.  Most of the trees were hauled away by [...]

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A tree is a living organism

Posted in Air knife, Air spade, Air tool, Air tool transplanting, Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Plant management, Root-washing, Roots, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Another question asked at last week’s New England Grows about bare-root transplanting was “How do you make sure the roots don’t dry out?” The answer, of course, is that you water the tree you’re moving.  You water it thoroughly a couple of days before the transplant, to insure that the tree’s tissues have good turgor pressure [...]

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Root washing in Sudbury

Posted in Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Plant management, Root-washing, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the fall of 2008 Carl Cathcart persuaded Cavicchio’s Greenhouses to wash the roots on a stressed B&B Quercus rubra (Red Oak), and to plant it in a spot where it might be able to settle in.  Carl sent me photos of the root-washing process, which I posted on Taking Place last summer.  He and [...]

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Note on older posts

Posted in Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Root-washing, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As you may know, this blog started as a series of posts on our other blog, Taking Place.  I branched it off that blog to avoid unbalancing the whole endeavor, and began posting on woody plant issues here.  I am currently working on copying older posts from Taking Place over to this blog as well [...]

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Here’s why to plant bare root

Posted in Air tool, Air tool transplanting, Arboriculture, Bare-root transplanting, Root-washing, Trees, tagged , , , on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One reader wrote in with this comment to my last post: “It would be no good to specify bare root unless you were thoroughly acquainted with the land – soil, ledge, utility lines, for example – and spreading roots of other trees.”  And my answer, because there’s a lot to it: Actually, bare root is [...]

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