RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of Root Pruning Prior to Transplanting on Establishment of Southern Magnolia in the Landscape
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 197
OP 200
DO 10.48044/jauf.1992.039
VO 18
IS 4
A1 Edward F. Gilman
YR 1992
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/18/4/197.abstract
AB Roots of field-grown southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) were pruned once during dormancy, following the first shoot growth flush or after the second growth flush, prior to transplanting in the winter. During the first year after transplanting, root pruned trees grew at a slightly faster rate than unpruned trees but growth rates were similar for root pruned and unpruned trees the second and third year after transplanting. There was nodifference in post-transplantgrowth among root pruning treatments. Trees required, at most, 1 year per inch of trunk caliper to become established in the landscape.