When
purchasing and installing trees for your home landscape, you really have
two choices.
You can purchase a B&B (balled & burlapped)
tree, or you can purchase a tree that has been grown in a container.
See the difference
a Container Tree Makes!.
A balled and burlapped tree is grown in a field
and then dug by a mechanized tree spade. When these trees are
dug from the field, anywhere from 70% to 90% of the tree’s roots are
cut-off and left in the field. The root balls on field grown
trees must be kept small in order to minimize their weight. So
smaller root balls equal lighter trees with very few roots. As
a result, balled and burlapped trees take several years to recover
from losing a large percentage of their roots. During this time,
the tops of the trees are very sparse and they do not look healthy
in the landscape.
Container trees,
on the other hand, have 100% of their roots when planted and are
ready to perform as soon as they’re installed in your landscape.
Container trees do not suffer root loss since they’re grown
in pots from the time they’re very young, until the time they’re
ready to plant. At
Adcock’s Nursery we offer container trees in 15-gallon, 25-gallon,
45-gallon and 100-gallon sizes.
And every one of the thousands of trees we grow is hand
pruned to make sure it has a straight central leader and solid
branch structure.
Our container
trees are potted with soil that contains a high-quality, 270-day
controlled release fertilizer.
Our container trees also receive liquid fertilizer through
irrigation during the active growing season.
At Adcock’s Nursery we also have an aggressive insect and
disease control program to make sure all our trees and shrubs stay
healthy. In short,
you’ll be hard pressed to find a healthier, more beautiful container
tree anywhere else.
Another advantage
to container trees is that they’re lighter and much easier to
handle. No heavy
equipment that destroys your lawn is necessary to install even our
largest container tree. A
tree cart and a couple of helpers with shovels is generally all
that’s needed to move and plant our trees exactly where you want
them.
We appreciate you
buying a premium container tree from Adcock’s Nursery and know that
you and your family will enjoy it for years to come.
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