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[tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>]

I should have mentioned the planting sites are all but ready, and actually 
the only
place I have for heeling-in IS the main planting site!  Might as well plant, 
as
heel-in.  I was wondering more about timing vs roots' tolerance to cold: is 
it worth
hurrying to do the planting during the week, or OK to stash them back into 
the shed
til the weekend?



--- "Brungardt, Sam" <> wrote:

> I'd take them out of their bags and heal them in (dig a slanting trench
> and lay the trees so that part of the tops will stick out when the
> trench is filled) until the weather settles down. -- Sam Brungardt, St.
> Paul, Minn.
> 

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 2 questions:  
> 
> Listers, I have young apple & pear trees out of the ground.  Some
> potted, some bare-root in bags.  I could use ideas on whether I should
> plant them into the ground ASAP, or keep them stashed in an unheated
> shed until this cold snap is past.  Apples look full dormant yet (but I
> bet they are awake); pear buds are swollen.
> 
>


 
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