Root defects

More on roots
Reducing root defects

Lets take a journey under the soil and into the media to see how root systems develop in a tree nursery. (Click on photographs for more information-suggest starting with 1)

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look underground

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quality roots

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circling roots

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young girdling roots

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girdling roots

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huge defect

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circling at bottom

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kinked roots

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trees too large

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nice roots

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severe circling

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not too bad

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deflected roots

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crossing over

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more kinks

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results in failure

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close-up of failure

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defects in field

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nice roots