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Chain link woven Tree root guard basket

For the protection of roots of field grown and dug trees, root balls are generally drum laced in burlap or placed into burlap lined wire baskets. Many anecdotal reports exist that attribute tree stress, decline or death to wire baskets left intact (unaltered) when B&B trees are installed. This implied damage is never immediate, but generally occurs years after installation, when burlap may have deteriorated but wire baskets are still intact. The possible involvement of wire baskets in this reported problem is often not detected until tree removal becomes necessary

The specification as the follows.