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r shcipul,
Are your concerns removing a bag-grown plant from the field, harvesting? Or are you concerned about removing the bag in the planting hole?
I have always harvested bag-grown plants by shovel, usually after hours by myself when there's time to dabble in nursery production. I haven't found it to be a big deal, given that the bag was installed at the proper depth and the plant has not outgrown the bag.
Planting a bag grown tree or shrub isn't much different frowm planting a b+b tree or shrub, just easier. Once it is in the hole, we simply slice the sides of the bag with Fiskars or a utility knife, peel down the bag, rock the plant to get the bag off the bottom, and reset the plant at proper grade and orientation.
For a small company like mine, with minimal equipment-- no skid-ster-- bag-grown plants are a great way to produce species that the nursery industry ignores at a quality larger operations can't duplicate.
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