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When trees are dug, you have to be careful to get enough of the roots that the tree will grow when it is transplanted. The roots need to be as undisturbed as possible, so you dig the trees out with the soil in a ball-like form around the roots. In fact, you do not want the soil around the roots to break apart at all if possible. Once the tree is out of the ground, burlap or another covering is secured around the root ball. This is referred to as earth balling or balled and burlaped.

Landscapers and nurserymen use this technique.

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