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by nyc111 1636 days ago
Beautiful, but did they remove the trees with all its roots intact to draw? I’d like to know how they did it.
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pg314 1636 days ago
It reminds me of the drawings by John E. Weaver from the thirties [1]. They were made by painstakingly digging a deep trench to study and sketch the roots. They did it multiple times for each crop to get a sense of how they develop in time.

[1]https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/root-devel...

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viraptor 1636 days ago
I'm curious too. The descriptions has the heading of "excavated tree" dimensions, so it sounds like it was at least partially removed.

Unfortunately the original publication is not available. And even if it's back, I'm not sure I'd spend $1.9k to check... https://www.amazon.com/Mitteleuropaeischer-Gruelandpflanzen-...

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augustuspolius 1636 days ago
They have a few far cheaper reprints on eBay.
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