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How the Air-Pruning Technology Works
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1 - Special Containers
SuperTrees™ are grown in special containers that use air to keep the roots from circling.
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2 - “Air-Pruning”
The shape of the container guides growing roots toward the hole. Since a root doesn’t grow in air, it will stop growing once it reaches the hole. This is called “air-pruning”.
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3 - Healthy Roots
The air-pruning process develops healthy, fibrous, white-tipped roots. These healthy roots establish quickly and are most efficient at absorbing nutrients.

Roots of a SuperTree™
These superior roots are what make SuperTrees™ grow faster than trees grown in conventional containers. These pictures show what the roots look like after all of the soil is washed out. As you can see, SuperTree™ roots are thick, fibrous and ready for transplant.
Qualities of a SuperTree™
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Central Leader
Trees should have a single, relatively straight central leader and tapered trunk, free of codominant stems and vigorous, upright branches that compete with the central leader.
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Main Branches (scaffolds)
Branches should be distributed radially around and vertically along the trunk, forming a generally symmetrical crown typical for the species. Branch diameter should be no greater than 2/3 (two thirds) the diameter of the trunk. The attachment of scaffold branches should be at wide angles and free of included bark.
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Trunk diameter and taper
Trunk diameter and taper shall be sufficient so that the tree will remain vertical without the support of a nursery stake.
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Roots
The trunk, root collar (root crown) and large roots should be free of circling, girdling, and/or kinked (J-roots) roots. The root collar should be within 1″ (one inch) above or below the soil surface. The rootball periphery should be free of large circling and bottom–matted roots with roots radiating symmetrically from the center of the root ball.
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Avoid Poor Roots
Poor roots are caused by the common tree pots. Avoid these problems by planting a SuperTree™. Traditional plastic nursery containers cause the roots of growing trees to develop a circling pattern. As the tree grows these circling roots will maintain their circling pattern, choking the tree and creating poor conditions for it later on.

Jeff's Testimonial
“All of the trees had perfect root balls and the top growth were all of superb quality. We received a number of very positive comments from our crew leaders and planters. The trees were so easy to plant as not much if any work was needed to correct any overgrowth with the roots or pruning of cross branching/crowding of the canopies. The trees were a real joy to work with and of such high quality that we (unfortunately) do not see very often. We are "Team SuperTrees"!!! Keep up the great work and quality control; we look forward to planting out the rest of our order this planting season and doing more business with you in the future!”

Debbie's Testimonial
These guys are great!! They have an excellent selection and they know their trees well!I've planted well over 50 trees in my life so I know about trees and people who sell trees. These are my go-to guys now! - Debbie
Avoid Circling Roots By Purchasing a SuperTree™
Circling roots create major problems, such as the following:
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Permanent damage to the growth pattern of roots
Typical nursery pots cause root systems to circle permanently damaging the growth pattern of the roots and affecting the overall health of the tree.
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Hazardous liability
As the tree grows larger, it will eventually blow over, becoming a hazardous liability.
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More susceptibleto diseases
Trees with circling roots will not be as efficient at absorbing nutrients becoming highly susceptible to diseases.
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Eventual choking andkilling of the tree
Circling root systems will continue to grow in a spiral eventually choking and killing the tree. Primary market research conducted at Brigham Young University indicates that 73% of nursery professionals think that circling roots are a problem.

Our Guarantee
SuperTrees® Inc. ships only the healthiest trees in the nursery. Root problems are difficult to detect and can easily be hidden by placing the tree in a larger container. It’s important to know that your tree has been properly grown. As such we guarantee that all SuperTrees™ are grown using air-pruning technology. We guarantee that there are no root problems hidden in the soil.