Favorite bare root fruit tree suppliers
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Bare root fruit trees
Comments (3)Many places - at your local garden center, which should carry cultivars that will do well in your area (you don't mention where you live, that helps), as well as many places online. Some of the eastern sources may still have bare root trees available. Other resources on the west coast, like Raintree, may be out of bare root at this late date. Let is know where you live, and we might better be able to tell you where to go. Also, what bareroot fruit trees you're interested in, as there is a very wide variety option for bareroot fruit trees. And, regarding a "transportation" problem, not sure what you mean by that? Once you receive the bareroot tree, they need to be planted in the ground, thus they are not "transportable". Patty S....See MoreIn a pickle with my new bare root fruit trees.
Comments (8)I got some trees the middle of last week, couldn't plant until the weekend. All I did was open the packaging up to make sure the roots were still moist, then closed up the box and laid it on the north side of a lilac bush where it wouldn't get any sun on it. Figured they wouldn't be hurt in the same temps. they would have been in if I had planted right away. Daytime highs were mostly in the 50's, maybe a low 60. Nights around freezing. Planted them on Saturday and they all looked good....See MorePotting bare root fruit trees for late spring and fall planting?
Comments (1)There is a tree nursery near me that does pot-in-pot planting. They bury a pot, then put the tree with the pot inside. This allows for the tree to be removed from the ground rather easily and the benefit is that the trees roots don't heat up in the sun. They add an irrigation system to this and that seems to be all they do....See MoreAge of bare root fruit trees?
Comments (2)I think you will find that most bare root fruit trees are at least 2 years old - they are grown on a full year after grafting to assure the graft "takes" properly. Info on Stark's website confirms they sell 2 yo trees and other sources may stretch it out another year/growing season. Generally once you get past 3 years, the trees are too large to handle easily by bare root. I'm also not sure I'd agree about determining a tree's age just by planting date. A great many trees are grown on in containers for various lengths of time and they obviously have an age to them before someone purchases them and plants them in the ground....See MoreKevin Reilly
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