"Travis" wrote in
news:0I8Ie.12621$Bx5.7129@trnddc09:

Darryl wrote:
I planted two bare-root sugar maple trees (3-4' high)
about 3-4 weeks ago, & they still haven't shown a sign of
green.

How long should I wait for leaf buds before concluding
that they died?

July is not the proper time to plant bare root trees. They
were probably already dead when you put them in the ground.

yup, even a bare root tree would have leaves in July if it
was alive.
are the leaf buds brittle? are they even existant?


lee
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