Rootplate dimensions

Oldtree · 2012-12-30 19:05:16

Have a guess at the size of the rootplate involved with this garden tree before watching. This root plate would not include the finer tree feeder root system that could spread out to the extent of the tree crown drip line (or beyond), in the top 5mm of soil. Not would this rootplate include the symbiotic relationship…

30-12-2012 07:05PM

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Have a guess at the size of the rootplate involved with this garden tree before watching.

This root plate would not include the finer tree feeder root system that could spread out to the extent of the tree crown drip line (or beyond), in the top 5mm of soil. Not would this rootplate include the symbiotic relationship between the tree roots and the micorriza in the soil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZtRdk1aWA

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