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soaking tree roots
i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
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soaking tree roots
On Feb 20, 3:51*pm, danny22
wrote: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. *is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! thanks all danny -- danny22 I'm really not sure but it could be right because new trees need lots of water. |
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soaking tree roots
On 20/2/08 20:51, in article , "danny22"
wrote: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! Are you posting from North America? If so, any advice you get here will not necessarily be helpful to someone there. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
soaking tree roots
On Feb 20, 3:51*pm, danny22
wrote: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. *is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! thanks all danny -- danny22 This website has been very useful. Thanx |
no, im from north england lol
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Generally I do not soak fruit tree roots for more than an hour, the
Malling roots certainly do notlike prolonged wet. When I soak the roots I use a propiatory soloution of seaweed extract (the original Maxicrop in the brown bottle for those in the UK) for an hour. I will also water some of the tree in with this solution. I know that the tree is dormant, but some how it seems to help. When watering the dormant tree is does not need puddling in as you might for a growing plant. Regards Clifford Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire working my way through grafting 400 apple trees |
soaking tree roots
On 21/2/08 07:51, in article , "danny22"
wrote: no, im from north england lol I don't know where I got USA from, then! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
soaking tree roots
"danny22" wrote in message ... i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! thanks all danny If they are bare rooted they usually suggest about an hour soaking before planting. |
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Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from danny22 contains these words: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! This might be a silly question, but is there another apple tree nearby, to act as a cross-pollinator? If not, you probably won't get any fruit on your apple tree. Trust you to bring sex into it ;) -- Pete C London UK |
my whole village used to be an orchard, so pretty much every garden has fruit trees. walk for two mins and ull see twenty apple trees and twenty pear trees. and some plum trees. and citrus in the summer lol. i think im starting a trend with a self-pollenating sweet cherry tree i just bought though :)
anyone know how much i should water them? i have got them sorted in big pots (as i cant currently plant them in the ground and wont be able to for a year or so) and i have watered them, but I haven't seen water run through the bottom of the pot. is this about right for water volume? any suggestions on feeding them, and when? they are both still pretty dormant - pear is bare but the apple has half a dozen buds, a couple of them just newly opening. thanks all!!! |
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On Feb 21, 8:53*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
Anne Jackson wrote: The message from danny22 contains these words: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. *is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! This might be a silly question, but is there another apple tree nearby, to act as a cross-pollinator? If not, you probably won't get any fruit on your apple tree. Trust you to bring sex into it ;) -- Pete C London UK Wot? Our Annie? She is the most respectale woman we know, yes??? Judith |
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On Feb 22, 12:00*am, Anne Jackson wrote:
The message from Judith in France contains these words: On Feb 21, 8:53*pm, "Pete C" wrote: Anne Jackson wrote: The message from danny22 contains these words: i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. *is this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water! This might be a silly question, but is there another apple tree nearby, to act as a cross-pollinator? If not, you probably won't get any fruit on your apple tree. Trust you to bring sex into it ;) Wot? *Our Annie? *She is the most respectable woman we know, yes??? struts *That's me! *Captain of industry, I am... *;-) (but I _do_ still have my moments!) -- AnneJ www.freedomcollars.co.ukwww.copperridge.co.uk- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - lol, rock on Annie! Judith |
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