Table 2.

Number of dead treesz from each nursery production method in the no-summer-irrigation treatment 1 year after transplanting live oak to the landscape.y

Production methodNumber of dead treesPercent survival
Plastic container657
Plastic container with SpinOut843
Air root-pruning (ARP) container750
Low-profile ARP container1029
Root-pruned, field-grown B&B0100
Non-root-pruned, field-grown B&B471
  • z Fourteen trees were planted from each production method in the no-summer-irrigation treatment.

  • y All trees irrigated twice weekly through the first season after planting survived.