planting bare root fruit trees in winter?
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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 MoreWhich bare-root fruit trees? It's order-time!
Comments (5)This will be my first attempts at growing fruit trees. So for next spring I'm looking at purchasing apples and cherries and maybe an asian pear. I've talked to a local extension service for my region and I'm going to go with an early, mid, and late season apple. Likely Pristine for early, Honeycrisp for mid, and Empire for later. Probably all on Bud9 rootstock. For cherries I'm going to get them grown on Gisela 5 rootstock and likely White Gold, Lapins, and Black York. Not sure about the Asian pear but considering Chojuro and Shinko...See MoreOh f*@^! Bare root fruits arrived early - where to plant?
Comments (4)Thanks guys! I ended up potting everything up today because I am still not sure where I want them to end up, plus the ground refroze due to a crazy arctic blast this weekend. Hopefully they will be okay - I had them in my root cellar for the past couple of nights, thinking that would protect them from a hard freeze while still being cool and dark, and when I went to get them this morning the wet newspaper around their roots had frozen. Yikes! They're safely potted up now, though, so fingers crossed there's no problem....See MoreCan I Plant Bare Root Fruit Trees in Charlotte in May?
Comments (6)Are they even available bare root in May? In most areas, bare root fruit trees come into stock at nurseries or other plant outlets in late winter - January or February - and that is when they should be planted. While still fully dormant. Once they emerge from dormancy - start producing flower buds or leaves - they become very difficult to maintain as bare root and start deteriorating unless potted up. If you can maintain proper watering over summer, I wouldn't hesitate to plant a potted fruit tree in May but I wouldn't waste my money on one that was still bare root at that time....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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