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Check for root density
Root balls should have adequate root density such as the tree pictured below. Some nursery production practices, such as root pruning in field nurseries and root manipulation with specially designed containers, help insure that root density is adequate. Trees with few roots in the ball often perform poorly.View research articles on root manipulation during production.
