| SIMPLE
HARVESTING. The bag system eliminates B & B digging. Your
trees are in the bag, and the bag is easy to dig. |
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| NO
EXPENSIVE HARVESTING EQUIPMENT is needed. Save your money. No
need to spend major dollars on tree spades and moving cranes. Your
labor does not have to be skilled in operating complicated and dangerous
equipment. |
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| ANYONE
CAN DIG! Your labor problems are solved. With the Root Control
Bag system workers without nursery experience can be very productive.
Harvesting even large caliper sized trees is quick, easy and can be
done by unskilled labor. The tree is in the bag. |
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| HARVESTING
IS QUICK AND CHEAP! Depending on bag size and soil type, many
trees are dug by hand with unskilled labor in one or two minutes.
Quick mechanical harvesting is possible with a forklift, backhoe or
front end scooper. |
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| GREATLY
EXPANDED HARVESTING SEASON. Because of the root pruning induced
by the bag, digging season is greatly expanded. Some bag growers dig
year around. More normally, do not dig when the tree is in a flush
of growth. After the flush hardens, digging resumes. Plant species,
soil conditions and other variables should be considered when digging.
And when the WEATHER IS TOO WET or TOO DRY for traditional digging,
bag users are busy digging. |
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| AUTOMATIC
ROOT PRUNING! No mechanical root pruning device is needed. The
fabric bag naturally root prunes a plant 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year. This natural root pruning also induces a natural CALLOUSING
on the root tip and a buildup of CARBOHYDRATES in the root structure.
Root pruning, root callousing and carbohydrate buildup give a plant
great survivability at transplant. |
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| NO
ROOT CIRCLING. Roots penetrate the fabric and go through the bag
instead of circling. And because roots penetrate into the field, ROOT
CONTROL BAG TREES DO NOT BLOW OVER IN THE WIND. |
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| SMALLER
BALL SIZE! Because of the root pruning induced by the fabric,
growers may harvest a plant with a ball size up to one half the size
of a traditionally dug ball. A smaller ball size means vastly LOWER
HANDLING and TRANSPORTATION COSTS for both you and your customers.
Expensive moving and loading equipment is either not needed or much
more efficient. |
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| Large
box or container growers should consider that the Root Control Bag
uses REGULAR FIELD SOIL, not an expensive mix or median. The field
is a much more forgiving place to grow, and WATERING and FERTILIZATION
needs can be cut by more than half. Trees grow quicker and with better
caliper and a fuller canopy. In the ground growing means less freeze
damage in the winter and heat exposure in the summer. The small ball
size assures the plant can easily be finished out in a large box or
pot. |
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| RAPID
PLANT RE-ESTABLISHMENT TIME! Because of the root pruning, root
callousing and carbohydrate buildup plants quickly establish themselves
in the landscape or into a pot or box. NEW ROOT REGENERATION following
transplant is MASSIVE because the Root Control fabric has prepared
the plant's root structure to be moved. |
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| MORE
PLANTS PER ACRE are possible with the Root Control Bag system
because plant spacing is dictated by plant requirements, not by the
size of large harvesting equipment. Yet SELECTIVE TREE HARVEST is
easier than ever. Reduced spacing gives PER PLANT SAVINGS in OVERHEAD,
FERTILIZATION and WEED CONTROL. |
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| Properly
used, the Root Control Bag System of growing offers LOWER PRODUCTION
COSTS and HEALTHIER PLANTS compared to other growing systems. And
lower production costs and healthier plants save you money. |
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