21.   Place the reduced root ball into the pot at the same height it originally grew and fill in with new soil.

22.   Place the tree away from a heat source and monitor the root ball daily so it does not dry out.

23.   Pulling some of them away from the root ball with a hand cultivator helps them grow into the surrounding soil and become established.

24.   Remove the azalea from the container, and loosen the root ball.

25.   Roots hit the container wall and begin to encircle the root ball.

26.   Remove the plants when the soil is moist so the root balls will hold together.

27.   Set the root ball in the hole and add water.

28.   Specifically, is it really OK to just leave all that burlap around the root ball?

29.   The most foolproof way of telling whether a plant needs root pruning is to slide the root ball out of the pot and examine it.

30.   The saucer shape helps catch water that will keep the root ball moist.