What does B&B mean, why should I prefer field grown Live Oak trees?
A field-grown Live Oak tree is planted into native soils, grown to a harvestable size, harvested prior to sale, and transported to the job site. Field-grown Live Oak trees are referred to as balled and bur lapped (B&B) because the root system is harvested and wrapped in burlap. Live Oak trees are placed in wire baskets to support the root system and to make it possible to lift the Live Oak by the root ball rather than the trunk. Many studies have been done to compare B&B Live Oak trees with Container Grown Live Oak trees after planting. One such study from the University of Florida Horticulture Department (1996) shows how B&B take to a new environment as long as certain root pruning and irrigation procedures are done in the nursery. Live Oak trees in our field-grown nursery are maintained with drip irrigation, fertilizer, selective shoot pruning, and root pruning. Root pruning, drip irrigation and fertilizer help build a strong, dense root system, while selective pruning is used to gui
