“It all starts with the root,” Dwayne told us when we caught up with him at MANTS. For the owner of Moon’s Tree Farm, root quality isn’t just a preference — it’s the philosophy behind every production decision he makes.
And it’s a philosophy that led him to RediRoot. Specifically, it’s why propagation trays sit at the center of his whole operation.
A Propagation Tray System Built Around Root Health
Dwayne’s operation uses a two-stage container system that sets his trees up for success long before they ever hit the ground.
Specifically, it starts in the RediRoot propagation trays with Growcoon inserts. The Growcoon acts as a biodegradable plug that cradles each young plant while the RediRoot tray does what it does best — air-prune. The moment roots reach the tray wall, they encounter air and self-prune instead of circling. What grows back in their place is a dense, fibrous root mass.
From there, Dwayne moves his plants into RediRoot 3-gallon containers to continue development before they’re ready to leave the nursery.
“You want them to have a real root system before they go anywhere,” he explained. “That’s what we’re building for.”
Two Paths to Market — Both Built on Root Quality
One of the things that makes Dwayne’s approach stand out is the flexibility it creates. Once Dwayne develops his trees in the 3-gallon RediRoot pots, he has two options:
Option 1: Line out his own fields. Trees with well-developed, air-pruned root systems transition to field production with dramatically reduced transplant shock. They establish faster, grow more uniformly, and require less intervention post-transplant.
Option 2: Sell to other growers. Dwayne also sells finished liners — and his buyers know they’re getting product with a root system that actually performs. In a market where liner quality varies wildly, that matters.
Ultimately, the RediRoot system doesn’t just make better trees. It makes a better business.
Why Air-Pruning Makes the Difference
Unfortunately, traditional plastic containers are often a root’s worst enemy. Roots hit the container wall and circle — a deformity that persists through the life of the plant, causing girdling, instability, and transplant failure years down the road.
Instead, air-pruning stops that cycle entirely.
RediRoot’s patented container design allows air to naturally prune circling roots, triggering new lateral growth. As a result, the root ball grows dense, radial, and ready to expand the moment it hits native soil.
For growers like Dwayne, who are thinking not just about today’s sale but about what happens to the trees five years after they leave the nursery, that distinction is everything.
A 20-Year Track Record. Proven in the Field.
In fact, commercial growers have trusted RediRoot for over two decades. From propagation trays to finishing containers, every product in the RediRoot line centers on one core truth: healthy roots grow healthy trees.
And Dwayne Moon figured that out. His trees show it.
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