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[Leslie Moyer <unschooler@lrec.org>]

In Oklahoma, fall is definitely the best time to plant.  Our summers are hot 
and dry (particularly this year!!) and the trees really benefit from the 
(wetter) fall + winter + spring in the ground to get their root systems 
established before having to face their first summer in the ground.  Yet nary 
a tree or shrub is to be found at local garden centers.  I asked a large 
garden & landscape center last year why they didn't have a better 
supply/selection in the fall and they said that they didn't want to be stuck 
with a lot of inventory over the winter.  At the same time, they acknowledged 
that fall WAS the best time to plant here.  Now that I have a small nursery 
myself, I know that part of the problem is that virtually all of the 
wholesalers supply in the spring, but they quit supplying in the fall.  I get 
what I can get in the spring (late winter, really) and then I'm S.O.L. (as 
they say) until the next spring.  

Leslie Moyer
unschooler@lrec.org
www.ShadyGroveNaturalFarm.com



On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Steven Covacci wrote:

> Group:
> 
> 
> When is the best time to transplant deciduous trees/shrubs: Fall or Spring? 
>  I figure Fall since there will be days when the temperatures are above 32 
> F. and root growth can, then, occur; conversely, I would expect spring just 
> in case reduction of feeder roots could be a problem during dry weeks, free 
> of snow cover, when further die-back occurs when the upper-most layer of 
> the ground freezes continually.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve - NJ 6b/7a
> 
> 
> 
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