Document Details
Document Number:
EI 07-025
Title:
Special Specification for Root Product Method (RPM) Plant Material
Status:
Inactive
Issue Date:
8/9/2007
Effective Date:
1/10/2008
Expiration Date:
9/4/2013
Resp Organization:
Design Quality Assurance Bureau
Contact:
Gary Glath
Phone:
518-457-5286
Email:
gglath@dot.state.ny.us
Item Numbers:
Drawings:
Keywords:
RPM,Root Product Method,root,root system,trees,shrubs
Shelf Notes:
No
Standard Book:
No
Superseded By:
(13-002) Highway Design Manual Revision No. 68 - Chapter 28 - Landscape Architecture and Community Design for Transportation
File:
EI 07-025
Abstract:
This process is a natural root production method that allows for accelerated growth. It produces larger, denser and more fibrous root systems as much as 18 times greater than trees grown using traditional methods.
