s We've just taken delivery of two very nice looking young apple trees
from Wisley. I'm wondering what's the best next step as they are
bare-rooted.
Hi
Two years ago we planted 4 apple trees about now. The guy I bought
them from (PhD botanist, ex-head gardener at a large city botanic
gardens) said; "No, plant them straight in, no stakes no compost no
manure and then cut them to the height you want them to start spreading
out from". I said "ah but ah but ah but - I thought that........"
"trust me and look at the trees we're standing among". Oh all right
then. In spite of our windy location they have thrived(thriven?). Not
much fruit off them yet but pruning advice from same source has worked
well.
In spite of my initial scepticism I was encouraged by a programme seen
recently from Kew which pointed out that the great storm of '87 had
been seminal in changing the way in which they look at tree planting.
This revised approach supported what my man had been propounding a
couple of years before. HTH
Jayeff