Why Broadleaf Root Dip?
A long-standing need of the Landscaping, Forestry and Woodland Management industries has been to find ways in which stock losses during transport between the nursery and the final planting site can be eliminated. Countless transplants, whips, standard trees and ornamental shrubs die every year because they fail to survive transplanting operations. In addition, a lot of stock which does survive this transfer shows tip die-back and reduced growth rates in at least the first year following transplanting - an effect called "transplant shock".
A high proportion of the tree and shrub stock planted each year is in the bare-root condition and the main cause of death and poor performance is desiccation (dehydration) of the exposed root surfaces. The effects of even short-term exposure of roots to the drying conditions of the atmosphere can be so severe that many trees and shrubs are dead or moribund before they are planted.
BROADLEAF ROOT DIP overcomes this problem by surrounding the bare roots of transplant stock with a coating of water charged 'gel'.
This protective layer around the root system supplies the roots with sufficient plant available moisture to last for many days and prevent desiccation. This can be seen in the photo, (click here to enlarge). It also significantly reduces transplant shock because the gel creates an environment immediately surrounding the root surfaces which is ideal for the development of new rootlets and water-absorbing root hairs.