Brief walkthrough of how we made our air prune beds for growing hundreds of healthy trees with no circling or girdled roots in only 30 square feet. Air prune beds create healthy, non-circling, highly-branched root systems by using air to prune tree roots. The roots then go dormant and create a hormonal signal that back propagates to the stem-root junction and signals more roots to emerge heading out in new directions.

We first learned about air pruning beds from Akivah Silver - check out his channel for excellent tree propagation videos:    / @akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930  

For more on the science of air-pruning, watch Dr. Carl Whitcomb's videos in our playlist on Air Pruning:   • Root Systems Basics  

Want to build an air pruning bed? Check out our 35 page Air Pruning Bed DIY Manual - complete with step-by-step detailed build photos and Sketch Up drawings, materials lists with pricing and sourcing links: https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/p...

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Regenerative Landscape Design & Implementation
U.S. West Coast - Wes Cooke - https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/
U.S. Southeast - Casey Pfeifer - https://thesovereignhomestead.com/

High-Value Trees and Productive Perennials Grown Using Air Pruning Methods: https://honeybadgernursery.com/