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Our In-Ground Fabric Bag Oak
Story - Part II |
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We are now bringing you Part II of our Oak story in the In-Ground fabric
bag. The following pictures are of our Oak liners in the 10” In-Ground
fabric bag, which were grown at a nursery in Illinois. You will be
looking at a Swamp White Oak and Burr Oak that were planted in April of
2008 and the pictures were taken on June 16, 2009 as Myron was touring
nurseries this Spring. All these Oaks were grown in the same block, all
planted in April 2008 with the same planting method and under the same
care as “Brand X” bare root. |
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On left is “Brand X” competitor’s bare
root Swamp White Oak and on the right is our Swamp White Oak that was
grown in a 10” In-Ground fabric bag. Both were planted as 1” BR
liners. |
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A closer look at our Swamp White Oak in
the 10” In-Ground fabric bag and the fibrous root system it has produced
in just 14 months. |
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Another view of our Swamp White Oak roots. |
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On the left is “Brand X” competitor’s
bare root Swamp White Oak, which you can notice has just a few very
coarse roots with very little new roots wanting to grow. On the right
is our 10” In-Ground fabric bag; which root system would you want in
YOUR spade dug ball or container?! Both were planted as 1” BR
liners and as you can see our Swamp White Oak has calipered up and with
this root system should be very close to 1 ¾-2” caliper this fall (2009)
with plenty of roots to feed a large growing canopy. |
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Another view of “Brand X” root system
compared to our In-Ground fabric bag. This picture tells a thousand
words. |
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In 14 months “Brand X” wasn’t able to produce very many new feeder
roots, leaving this tree with a very lean diet and unable to promote
much top growth or caliper growth. As Myron was touring in June of 2009
many of these Oaks were not strong enough to survive the harsh mid-west
winter of 2008-2009. |
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This is a Burr Oak
grown in our 10” In-Ground fabric bag. This Oak was also planted in
April of 2008 as a 1” BR liner. |
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This is a side view showing the fibrous root system created in just 14
months by our Burr Oak grown in a 10” In-Ground fabric bag.
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A view of the bottom of the ball shows some roots are growing here, but
no strong tap root has established, leaving a balanced root zone within
YOUR spade dug ball or container! |
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The
left row and the right row half way back and to the white pick-up truck
are our 10” In-Ground fabric bag Burr Oak. After a harsh winter you can
see 99% of our Burr Oak survived, while the half row on the front right
are a competitor’s (Brand X) bare root Burr Oak, which over 90% died.
Once again these
Burr Oak were grown in the same block, all planted in April 2008 with
the same planting method and under the same care as “Brand X” bare root
Burr Oak. Not only will the 10” In-Ground fabric bag put more roots
into your spade dug ball, they will give you near 100% survivability.
Compared to a bare root Oak, which one would you like to plant? |
