Survey –Wholesale Field Nursery Use of Wire Baskets

A research project of Virginia Tech – Scharlene Floyd and Dr. Bonnie Appleton

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1.) Why do you select the type of wire baskets that you use?
(Check more than one reason if appropriate.)

___ type of tree spade or digging

___ equipment that you own

___ ease of handling

___ prefer a specific design

___ good for holding trees

___ good for shipping trees

___ customer preference

___ price___ amount of root ball protection
___ other __________________

2.) What type of wire baskets do you use, and in what percentage?

___ metal cone ___%

___ metal truncated ___%

___ metal straight side ___%

___ metal round bottom ___%

___ metal star or daisy ___%

___ other ___________ ___%

3.) Do you prefer

___ flat bottomed baskets (why? ______________________________________)

___ pointed or tapered baskets (why? __________________________________)

4.) Which wire type do you prefer?
___ galvanized

___ non-galvanized

___ doesn’t matter

5.) Have you ever used a basket or root ball cover made from other than wire? Y N
(if yes, please indicate material)

___ plastic

___ fabric

___ other _____________

6.) Which manufacturers’ baskets do you use?

___ Braun

___ Great Western

___ Cherokee

___ MacKenzie

___ Better Bilt

___ Woodstock

___ Columbia Burlap and Bag

7.) What do you recommend relative to wire baskets at transplant?

___ do not remove

___ remove top loops/top round

___ split vertically/lay in hole

___ totally remove

___ make no recommendations

___ other __________________

8.) Person/company responding to this survey _______________________________

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Thank you very much for helping with this important research project!

If you have any questions please contact Dr. Bonnie Appleton – 757-363-3906 or bapple@vt.edu.
Please either fax this completed survey to Bonnie at 757-363-3950
or mail it to Dr. Bonnie Appleton, HRAREC, 1444 Diamond Springs Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455