Figure out root ball size. For small trees, the width of the root ball should be around 8 to 12 inches wide for each inch of trunk diameter. For example, a tree that’s 1 1/2 inches in diameter ...

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Advertisement Article continues below this ad When reaching the "thing" in the river, firefighters reported it was a tree root ball with some duck decoys tangled in the mess. There was no body.