Long Island - Bought live Alberta Spruce...
Hello, I'm In zone 5 I think - Long Island NY. I just picked up 2 live 5' tall
dwarf Alberta Spruce shrubs on closeout. (Already decorated for Christmas, lights, bows, etc.) They're in only 5 gallon pots, which I think for the height, 5' and the width at the base (30") is a little small. I'll have these on my 2nd floor deck until the 1st week of Jan, then intend to heel them in at the first possible opportunity. I was wondering I'f I'm better off buying a couple of large tubs and some soil, and just set them in those NOW, and leave them till spring. The tubs would be punctured for drainage and hold at least 4 40 lb. bags of soil each. My fear is the pots they were sold in just aren't large enough to hold and provide adequate moisture, even with diligent watering. TIA |
Long Island - Bought live Alberta Spruce...
Picea glauca are extremely cold hardy, Zone 2 I think. You should be fine.
Dave "HA HA Budys Here" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm In zone 5 I think - Long Island NY. I just picked up 2 live 5' tall dwarf Alberta Spruce shrubs on closeout. (Already decorated for Christmas, lights, bows, etc.) They're in only 5 gallon pots, which I think for the height, 5' and the width at the base (30") is a little small. I'll have these on my 2nd floor deck until the 1st week of Jan, then intend to heel them in at the first possible opportunity. I was wondering I'f I'm better off buying a couple of large tubs and some soil, and just set them in those NOW, and leave them till spring. The tubs would be punctured for drainage and hold at least 4 40 lb. bags of soil each. My fear is the pots they were sold in just aren't large enough to hold and provide adequate moisture, even with diligent watering. TIA |
Long Island - Bought live Alberta Spruce...
I'm by Stony Brook (SUNY) and have had 2 dwarf alberta spruce trees on my
patio - potted in maybe 5 - 10 gallon plastic planters for a couple of years and they overwinter just fine. The planters measure about 12H"X18W" (probably less). The trees are now about 3' tall. They started out as little1 gallon plants that I rescued. I keep telling myself I'm going to plant them but I have run out of garden place and they look so nice on the patio. I did however buy them at a time that I might have transplanted them to bigger pots then what they came in before over wintering but given that I'm really hard on plants -. It takes me awhile after I do my impulse buying before I can tend to them it is possible that I didn't.... This long drawn out response is just to say that I know they can overwinter fine in planters but that I can't say what size the planter should be for safety sake. "HA HA Budys Here" wrote in message ... Hello, I'm In zone 5 I think - Long Island NY. I just picked up 2 live 5' tall dwarf Alberta Spruce shrubs on closeout. (Already decorated for Christmas, lights, bows, etc.) They're in only 5 gallon pots, which I think for the height, 5' and the width at the base (30") is a little small. I'll have these on my 2nd floor deck until the 1st week of Jan, then intend to heel them in at the first possible opportunity. I was wondering I'f I'm better off buying a couple of large tubs and some soil, and just set them in those NOW, and leave them till spring. The tubs would be punctured for drainage and hold at least 4 40 lb. bags of soil each. My fear is the pots they were sold in just aren't large enough to hold and provide adequate moisture, even with diligent watering. TIA |
Long Island - Bought live Alberta Spruce...
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