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Our In-Ground Fabric Bag Oak
Story - Part I |
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All good nursery stories
begin with an idea. Eventually that idea becomes a plan to produce a
better product. Our journey began with touring other nurseries, and
often seeing only silhouettes of Oaks where once thriving trees proudly
stood. To see this time and again challenged us to do better. Growers
just don’t need this kind of frustration.
We began to look
at the ‘Root’ of the problem, which was just that the ‘Root
System’ needed to be improved. We had been growing our specimen
trees in 21” In-Ground fabric bags for years, and knew the benefits of
that system, and how it improved root structures, and improved
transplant survivability. We scaled that program down to liner
production size, and began growing Oak liners in a 10” In-Ground fabric
bag.
Some of you have already
experienced the benefits of this system (view testimonials at the
bottom), while others of you need to become involved with this
success story. Please let the following pictures testify for themselves
of our story. Whether you are a field or container grower, if what you
see is what you’d like to produce, please investigate this system for
yourself by calling us at 1-800-285-8337! |
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Photo A |
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This Northern Red Oak seed
was germinated in a moist sawdust bed in February 2007. The tap root
was pruned to 1” and planted in an Anderson Band pot (2 7/8” x 6”). You
can see root branching just below the soil line in this photo. This
Northern Red Oak was fall planted in the 10” In-Ground fabric bag in
September 2007. We dug and washed off the soil for this picture on
November 18, 2008. In late February this Oak will be cut down to two
inches and the best bud will be trained up a rod the following growing
season. |
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Photo B |
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This Northern Red Oak is now one-year older than Photo A. The one year
top is ¾” caliper and 7’+ tall. Notice the root branching just below
the soil line. Photo dated November 18, 2008. |
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Photo C |
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This Northern Red Oak is now
a 2-year top at 1” caliper and well branched, photo dated November 18,
2008. The root caliper is larger. Notice all the roots that were
pruned by the fabric bag, they are callused and ready to shoot forth
fibrous roots. |
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Photo D |
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This 1 ½” caliper Northern
Red oak in our 10” In-Ground fabric bag was planted the first week of
May 2008 into a 21” bag. In the photo above, inside the circle, notice
the mass of roots coming out of the callused root end made by the 10”
In-Ground fabric bag. This photo is 6 ½ months after planting, dated
November 18, 2008. |
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Photo E |
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This 1 ½” caliper Northern
Red Oak made these roots in 6 ½ months in the 21” In-Ground fabric bag.
There is no root pruning yet (by the 21” bag), so for those of you that
planted these in the spring of 2008, this is what you have in the
field. Don’t you just love it?! |
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Photo F |
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Another close up photo of
the 1 ½” caliper Northern Red Oak in our 21” In-Ground fabric bag. Just
imagine these roots in the top portion of YOUR spade dug
ball. |
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This is the crown we have developed on your Northern Red Oak. |
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Photo G |
Photo H |
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Our 1” branched Northern Red Oak liner. |
The 1 ½” branched Northern Red Oak
planted in May of 2008. Now 1 ¾”+ on November 18, 2008. |
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A word from
those with personal experience with the In-Ground fabric bag… |
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"As a long time
proponent and user of In-Ground
fabric bags here in the mid-west,
I'm very pleased to find a west coast grower doing such a good job
providing liners using this technology. Please, Kuenzi, continue to
expand your liner offerings."
- Ken Kazimier, Majestic Oaks Nursery - Owner, Illinois
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“I want you to
know that the In-Ground fabric
bag oaks we bought from Kuenzi
Turf & Nursery last spring have out performed all of the bare root oaks
from other vendors. They have put on a lot of growth without the
transplant shock that you normally expect from a bare-root liner. The
countless fibrous roots on these oak liners not only benefit the trees
when lining them out, but are a huge plus when digging these oaks as a
finished product in a few years. We all know how difficult it is to
transplant oaks. I strongly recommend these Root-Control bag oaks to
anyone.”
- Lance Platts, Breezy
Hill Nursery - Production Manager, Wisconsin
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"Kuenzi oak
liners in In-Ground fabric bags are giving us the quality, consistency,
and transplant success we are not finding with bare-root oak liners.
Quick to root in, superior first season growth, and excellent survival
rates. These liners are producing quality trees."
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Mark
Levandoski, Kaneville Tree Farm - Production Manager, Illinois |
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