Woody Warehouse Nursery uses the Root Force™ technique of air-root pruning. This highly effective technique terminates the growth of the taproot and stimulates the growth of a fibrous root structure directed horizontally off the tap root. Root Force™ trees are propagated in our greenhouses equipped with air-root pruning benches and RootMaker® propagation trays.

With their roots established, tender seedlings must be hardened off before being potted and moved outside. Depending on species, our Root Force™ system will produce trees ranging from three to six feet tall in just eight months.  These are healthy, attractive trees and at the base of each is its most important part:  a robust root system eager to grow. Bare root and field dug trees cannot produce this aggressive, fibrous foundation of roots.  A bare root tree planted in a container cannot develop this essential foundation.  The Root Force™ system can.