Air-root-pruning Container
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1985-04-16Author
Whitcomb, Carl E.
Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical Colleges Acting for an in Behalf of Oklahoma State University
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A vertical air-root-pruning container involving a series of vertical air gaps displaced around the sidewall of a container. The air gaps are alternately displaced outwardly or inwardly to air-prune spiral root growth in both the right and left directions or are equipped with deflecting means to make the pruning effect bidirectional. Such a container inhibits spiral growth, promotes root branching, and results in more even root distribution as well as increased root growth in the growing medium.
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