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How to Plant Bare Root, B&B and Container Trees + Pros & Cons

Feb 06, 202520 minSeason 5Ep. 6
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Episode description

Emily Mumford from Davey's South St. Paul office shares the scoop on bare root, balled and burlapped (B&B) and container trees, including the pros and cons of each and how to plant them effectively. 

In this episode we cover:  

  • What are bare root trees? (:53) 
  • How to plant bare root trees (3:18) (4:42)
  • What are container trees? (6:14)
  • What to do if your container tree has girdling roots (7:21)
  • Additional planting tips for container trees (11:10) 
  • Pros of B&B trees (12:54)
  • Planting B&B trees (14:53) (15:31)
  • How do you decide which of the three trees is best to plant? (16:06)
  • Emily's career journey (17:42)

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To learn additional tree planting tips, read our blog, Tree Planting Guide: 3 Methods of Planting Trees or watch our two-part YouTube video series, How to Plant a Tree: Part 1 and How to Plant a Tree: Part 2.

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