New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada  Lakehouse36 Mar 22, 2018 11:37 AM CST |
| Can I plant an Eastern Redbud at 6p.m in late May? Zone 5, Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
Name: Philip Becker Fresno California (Zone 8a)  Philipwonel Mar 22, 2018 12:06 PM CST |
| Best to plant bare root, when they get them in at stores or nurseries. Anything i say, could be misrepresented, or wrong. |
Name: Cindy Hobart, IN zone 5 aka CindyMzone5   Shadegardener Mar 22, 2018 5:52 PM CST |
| Lakehouse - evening is a great time to plant as long as you water well. Gives the tree a little bit of a breather from stress before facing the sun. Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb |
Name: Sally central Maryland Seriously addicted to kettle chips.             sallyg Mar 23, 2018 5:26 AM CST |
| I disagree about bare root being better. I have read that damaged roots make it more vulnerable to disease, I would use a ported or balled one if available. ..come into the peace of wild things..-Wendell Berry Life is a buffet (anon) |
Name: Cindy Hobart, IN zone 5 aka CindyMzone5 Shadegardener Mar 23, 2018 7:32 AM CST |
| It would make sense that balled/potted would be better for spring planting. Less work for the roots to do to acclimate before facing the summer heat. As long as the roots don't require too much remediation before planting. Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb |
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Lakehouse36 Mar 23, 2018 8:12 AM CST |
| Thanks everyone! |
Name: Deb Planet Earth (Zone 8b)       Bonehead Mar 23, 2018 8:17 AM CST |
| Bare root or balled, the key to a new planting is water, water, water. I have found that even in the wet Pacific NW, I really need to water new plantings often for the first 2 seasons. Hard for me to remember at times, and I've lost plants because of it. I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. |
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