Interesting, do you have any links to the DEFRA site, as I have been
trying to imort some tree's.

But all the nurserys I have contacted refuse to supply, either potted
or bare rooted.

It was my understanding that its not only the soil borne pests etc,
its those that could be infesting the tree (hiding in the bark) etc,
that why restrictions were imposed.


On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:18:58 +0100, "Rupert"
wrote:

A load of bare rooted plants are about to be dumped on me from USA.
Some new DEFRA / USA regulations mean that they can not be shipped in soil.
Any suggestions as to how Avocados (a few feet) should be treated on arrival
to get them growing.
One suggestion is to cut leaves in half to reduce water loss but I would
have thought that this would result in a greater loss from the cuts.
As you can see this is not an area of my expertise