This is our new holding yard - tomorrow we begin harvesting Southern Live Oaks that are 5" to 6" caliper and containerizing them. The diameter of their rootball will go from 24" to 40". The original plan was to put 4" oaks in the 95 gallon pots - but by the time we were ready to plant, we just had bigger trees. Yep, you do the math as to how long it took us to get in gear . . .
. . . in reality, we like to sell our shade trees at no bigger than 4". They're somewhere between 14 and 18 feet tall then and a lot of plant to handle. A 5 or 6 inch tree will transplant better with a bigger rootball than the 24" RootMaker bags they're growing in.
At the left are some Southern Live Oaks that are being cured. We can keep them on the yard for months and months like this, if needed.
Here's a close-up of the in-ground container we use. The material it's made of prunes the trees roots. In a plastic pot, roots hit the side of the pot, turn and begin circling. We don't have that problem with this process. I mean, just look at the number of small fibrous roots - when this tree is transplanted, the root system should really take off - well, provided it is given lots of water - but that's altogether another subject.
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