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ROOT BALL [13 records]

Record 1 2016-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Silviculture
CONT

(Heeling in) is a procedure designed to keep alive and in the best possible condition bare-root plants dug for transplanting that cannot be planted immediately. ... It is done by digging a trench or ditch of sufficient size to accommodate the roots of plants laid as closely together as practicable without breaking, or bunching the roots to the extent that soil filled in will not be in contact with them.

CONT

Water your heeling trenches thoroughly, immediately before setting your plants into this temporary home. Cut off any roots which were damaged in the moving process, and then you can set each plant into the trench, allowing a small space between each rootball. Mix moist peat moss or wood shavings with the native soil to increase the water retention capabilities of the soil. Using this mixture, work the soil in among the roots, and cover the entire root ball slightly deeper than at the depth it was previously covered. Water again, thoroughly. Be sure to water this holding area regularly, but do not feed the plants. This method should keep your plants alive for 6 months or longer, until you are ready to set them into their permanent garden home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Tranchée qui sert à l'entreposage des végétaux en attente de plantation définitive ou pour leur conservation hivernale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Nurseries (Farming)
CONT

Balled and burlapped trees can be successfully maintained for longer periods aboveground before planting. The soil ball adds stability to the tree and retains water to ensure against root tissue desiccation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Pépinières
CONT

Planter un arbre en motte. [...] Les arbres vendus en motte sont en général ceux qui ne peuvent pas être plantés en racines nues.

OBS

tontiner : Garnir d'un paillon, d'un filet ou d'un panier en matière plastique maintenant la motte qui entoure les racines d'un arbre ou d'un arbuste pendant sa transplantation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
CONT

If the plant has circling roots, gently dislodge them and spread them out. For a normal root ball with roots just touching the outside, no action is necessary, though you can stimulate root development by lightly scratching the ball with your hands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
CONT

Retirez les racines enroulées qui tapissent les parois, la grosse racine pivot sous le collet et raccourcissez les plus grosses racines.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The small pit or depression resulting from an area vacated by the root plate(ball) resulting from tree-tip.

Key term(s)
  • tree-throw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Trou provoqué par la chute d'un arbre déraciné par le vent.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

... a planting area that is higher than the surrounding soil level.

CONT

How to Plant. The hole you dig for your new conifer should be shallow and wide-twice the width of and more shallow than the height of the root ball. Unless the soil is very compacted or so light and porous that it retains very little moisture, you will not need to add organic matter. If soil drainage is a continual problem, consider creating a raised planting bed that has been amended to improve the soil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Les seules choses qu'ils détestent : l'ombre et les terres argileuses et humides (la solution : plantez-les dans une plate-bande surélevée de 20 cm par rapport à l'allée ainsi l'eau s'égoutte et vos thyms ne passent plus l'hiver les pieds dans la boue).

OBS

Pluriel : des platebandes.

OBS

platebande (sing.); platebandes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • platebande surélevée

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
OBS

The ball of rooting medium with roots in situ, lifted undisturbed, e. g., with specimen stock for pit planting, as opposed to the bareroot condition in which the rooting medium is removed from the root system. Not to be equated with plug root which is shaped by its container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

En horticulture, terre maintenue par les racines d'une plante lors de son arrachage ou de sa plantation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Horticultura
DEF

Porción de sustrato con la que se trasplanta un vegetal.

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Record 7 1999-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Carefully place plant into the prepared pits and fill in around the ball to one-half the depth of the hole with loam ... Roots that have been wrapped around the ball within the burlap shall be made to lay in as natural a manner as possible. Fill remaining area of hole with loam and thoroughly tamp to 85-percent of maximum density. Form a saucer around the edge of the backfilled hole by constructing a berm. The finish height of the compacted berm shall be 3-inches. No excess soil other than the berm will be allowed to remain within the plant saucer. Fill saucer area with water.

CONT

The planting of trees and shrubs of large size is completed by the addition of an earthen collar at the limits of the pit to retain and focus water toward the root ball. Slope plantings especially benefit from having this water-holding saucer.

CONT

If you construct an earth basin around the tree or shrub, place berms just outside of the root ball. This forces water through the root ball. Irrigate the entire tilled area. Water will settle the backfill soil without restricting aeration.

Key term(s)
  • planting saucer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Dans tous les cas, on termine la plantation par un copieux arrosage après avoir préparé au pied des végétaux une cuvette d'un diamètre un peu inférieur à celui de la motte, ce qui a pour effet d'obliger l'eau à pénétrer celle-ci au lieu de se perdre rapidement au travers de la terre plus meuble qui l'entoure.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Silviculture
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Successful tree planting begins in the tree nursery with bimonthly cultivating, pruning of roots, and fertilization. This is essential to assure healthy trees and compact root structure. Planting holes for bare-root trees should be large enough to receive roots when they are spread in a natural position. Planting holes for balled and burlapped trees should be 2 feet wider than the root ball. Ideally, holes should be as wide and deep as can conveniently be made, so that the tree can be placed at the same levels as it originally grew in the nursery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Sylviculture
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Plantation d'arbres. Les trous de plantation seront ouverts plusieurs semaines à l'avance si possible puis rebouchés (terre végétale d'apport en mauvais terrain) après avoir ameubli le fond et placé un tuteur enfoncé dans le sol ferme. L'importance de chaque excavation doit être de l'ordre de 1 à 2 mètres cubes suivant l'état du terrain et la nature du sujet prévu à cet endroit. En mauvais sol (plantation avec apport de terre), il faut prévoir 3 à 5 mètres cubes par arbre. La profondeur du trou de préparation se situe entre 1 mètre et 1,20 m. Lors de la plantation, on ouvrira juste le trou nécessaire à la mise en place du sujet.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

The planting of trees and shrubs of large size is completed by the addition of an earthen collar at the limits of the pit to retain and focus water toward the root ball. Slope plantings especially benefit from having this water-holding saucer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Plantation des pentes. Précisons (...) qu'elle ne nous paraît possible que sur des pentes inférieures à 35 °. Gazon. Déterminons la technique d'engazonnement d'après la raideur du talus. Si la pente est faible, semons normalement (...) Si la pente est moyenne, préparons des "crantages" dans le talus qui stabiliseront la terre végétale recevant les graines.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Tree pits ought to be dug at least 24 inches wider and 6 inches deeper than the root ball for ease in maneuvering the plant as well as for encouraging quick rerooting in the loose backfill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Trous de plantation. Plus ou moins importants suivant le végétal à mettre en place, les terres remuées sont en général réutilisées après le défoncement pour combler le trou. (...) plus la fouille sera volumineuse, mieux le végétal se développera. Dans le cas où les terres sont de trop mauvaise qualité ou de qualité impropre à la culture donnée (...) les terres sont évacuées ou épandues sur le terrain. Sauf pour les trous de plantation d'arbres importants et de bacs, ces terrassements sont exécutés à la main.

Spanish

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Record 11 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

The planting of trees and shrubs of large size is completed by the addition of an earthen collar at the limits of the pit to retain and focus water toward the root ball. Slope plantings especially benefit from having this water-holding saucer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Comment planter un arbre. (...) Ouvrir un trou de dimensions nettement supérieures à l'encombrement des racines. Reboucher de terre meuble jusqu'à la hauteur voulue, pour avoir le collet un peu au-dessus du niveau du terrain.

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Seeding and Planting Equipment
CONT

Pocket or gripper-type transplanters require pocket extensions. Disc-type transplanters require a root ball holder to replace plant markers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Matériel de plantation et de semis

Spanish

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Record 13 1987-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Seeding and Planting Equipment
CONT

Pocket or gripper-type transplanters require pocket extensions. Disc-type transplanters require a root ball holder to replace plant markers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Matériel de plantation et de semis

Spanish

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