Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

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Q: In advising readers how to plant balled and burlapped trees and shrubs, you told them to remove the wire basket that holds the root ball together. As a retail grower, I think this is bad advice.