Ecotreat is a service company providing regulatory compliance processing services for nursery stock producers who wish to export to countries that do not allow soil imports. Our patented soil free root system preparation method is at the cutting edge of phytosanitary tree and palm export technology.

Soil free plant exports:
Ecotreat utilizes thermally sterilized, highly refined wood fibers applied to the root system under hydraulic pressure to form our root system encasement's. We gently remove all of the soil from the root systems of conventionally produced nursery stock using a two step process. Once the roots are cleaned & sanitized, we create soil free phytosanitary root system encasement’s (root balls) that encapsulate the entire root system. These encasement’s are durable; nearly air free and they retain moisture well. Our root system encasement’s are designed to be unwrapped then planted directly into the ground after arrival at the destination. During lengthily transit’s, the root system will often times grow and it is not unusual to find new roots emerging from the outer edges of the encasement.

Our EcoTreat encasements protect the live root system and promote root growth in transit and after transplant. They provide counter weight & mass to allow for ease of installation at the destination country. 

Our export nursery utilizes this phytosanitary root system encasement technology to serve markets that do not allow native soil imports providing this service to most high quality export nurseries.

International buyers shop where it suits them and after arranging their nursery stock purchases may contract with EcoTreat to prepare the products to meet the requirements of their import permit.