Fabric-Container-Grown Trees

Some growers produce trees in fabric containers above ground. The fabric allows air to prune roots and the fabric itself prunes roots. The result is a reduction in the amount of roots circling around the container wall. There is little published information on the tree growth in this production sys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edward F. Gilman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2003-07-01
Series:EDIS
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/108947
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Summary:Some growers produce trees in fabric containers above ground. The fabric allows air to prune roots and the fabric itself prunes roots. The result is a reduction in the amount of roots circling around the container wall. There is little published information on the tree growth in this production system. This document is ENH870, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 12, 2002.  
ISSN:2576-0009