Very interesting proposal, bz, but I don't wanna deal with the pot thing. If I'm gonna put in that time, I'll fork out the bigger dough and just buy bigger trees. I want to put in the time and care up front, plug 'em into the soil, and have the only maintenance be making sure they have sufficient water. I have had decent luck with bare root...based on my above described plan, would your styroblock plants be any advantage as an immediate planting into their final plot?