Table 2. Shoot and root growth of leyland cypress, laurel oak and slash pine during 17 months of production In plastic containers (PC), directly in field soil (FG) and In fabric containers (FC).

Tree	Production method	Shoot dry weight^{^z^y}(g)	Root dry weight^{^z^x}(g)	Shoot: root ratio^{^z^x}
Leyland cypress	PC	1113.7a^{^w}	292.2a	3.95b
	FG	1557.9a	215.8a	7.15a
	FC	1497.5a	230.7a	6.57a
Laurel oak	PC	875.8a	561.3a	1.57c
	FG	1184.3a	383.7b	3.01a
	FC	893.5a	385.5b	231.b
Slash pine	PC	990.2b	413.2b	2.45b
	FG	1537.6ab	470.5ab	3.26a
	FC	2026.6a	594.2a	3.30a

↵^zMean of 4 trees.
↵^yTotal of trunk, twigs, leaves and berries.
↵^xWithin the root ball.
↵^wMeans for each species followed by different letters are significantly different from each other by Duncan’s MRT, P < 0.05.