Everybody's first question, of course, is:
Q. How is this book different from Roots Demystified?
A. It has:
Sixty-three more fact-filled pages, with 139 (as opposed to 23) detailed underground root drawings, including:
- A scientific paper illustrating 63 root drawings of dwarf apple trees.
- Root drawings of 13 ornamental and native trees, on varying types of terrain.
- Thirteen drawings of standard and dwarf fruit-tree root systems from a rare book published in Hungary.
- A living diagram of the roots of a 58-meter-tall redwood tree.
- Diagrams comparing root growth of apple trees in sandy versus loamy soils.
- Greater detail on how the soil biota affect root growth.
- Updates on the workings of mycorrhizae (beneficial fungi) on plant roots.
- Greater detail on how to transplant.
- Lists of plants that are proven “dynamic accumulators.”
- New discussion on how and where deep-rooted plants get their nutrients.
- Research showing increased vegetable yields with the use of grey water.
- Exclusive data on the effects of cardboard mulch on roots.
- How and why certain plants—including edible vegetables—may accumulate heavy metals.
- A list of citations for every scientific paper referred to in each chapter.