https://gardenbetty.com/fall-planting-trees/ Gardening made easy, life made simpler. Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:36:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://gardenbetty.com/fall-planting-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-70432 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 05:18:02 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=45411#comment-70432 Highly recommend buying your trees at a nursery whenever possible, so they are already acclimated to the climate you live in and are best suited for the area. I have never in my life heard to plant trees in the spring – it’s far too late and they should never go in the ground when they are not dormant. Plant in late fall or early winter, and take advantage of end-of-season sales at nurseries and just leave it in the pot til planting time comes around! Along with that, for fruit trees, you’ll have the advantage of what I refer to as “buying time” – your fruit tree will have been in the nursery all year so is one year closer to fruiting (if it hasn’t already) compared to getting a bare-root and then waiting 5+ years. We scored a combo pear for just $40 at our favorite nursery which was estimated at 3 years old, and are just harvesting pears off it now, which is so great as we’re in our 50s now and are in no mood to wait 🙂

]]> https://gardenbetty.com/fall-planting-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-54859 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:22:51 +0000 https://gardenbetty.com/?p=45411#comment-54859 Thanks for the encouragement to fall plant! I definitely saw the lack of fruit tree options. I wanted to add another website suggestion: starkbros.com I ordered fruit trees from them this fall. They had a great selection of options, and many were on sale.

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