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Fabric root-pruned tree

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fabric pruned roots

Fabric is clearly visible in the root ball girdling vertical roots. It was installed at the bottom of the planting hole when the #1 liner was planted in the nursery. This forced roots to grow laterally and closer to the soil surface where they could be cut with the hand pruning spade. Clcik to next photo for results.