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Root defects - more
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)
1
look underground |
2
quality roots |
3
circling roots |
4
young girdling roots |
5
girdling roots |
6
huge defect |
7
circling at bottom |
8
kinked roots |
9
trees too large |
10
nice roots |
11
severe circling |
12
not too bad |
13
deflected roots |
14
crossing over |
15
more kinks |
16
results in failure |
17
close-up of failure |
18
defects in field |
19
nice roots |
