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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

I've had very good luck with Bay Laurel over the last 20 years.  I've gotten 
a few trees from them and other nurseries with severely chopped roots, but I 
never lost one.  I've gotten two (out of 40-50 trees) from them that were 
mis-labelled.  A tree labelled 'NectaZee' is a clingstone (contrary to the 
patent description) and the 'Ambrosia' pomegranate was something other.

Otherwise, I would recommend them.  They are still one of my top picks for 
fruit nurseries.  

Put a 5 gallon pail of water on the tree each week that you don't get at 
least an inch of rain and your chances of survival and even good growth will 
improve dramatically.

Anton
North Carolina, Earth
 


-----Original Message-----
>From: Patsy King <pking888@gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 6, 2013 6:24 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [nafex] dreadfully chopped off roots on my Bay Laurel Nursery trees!
>
>Hi all,
>I just received my Bay Laurel Nursery order today and was shocked at the
>butchered condition of the roots!!!    I would estimate that on average,
>they were only 5" or so long!!!  This is for trees of
>their normal good quality of possibly 3/4 " caliper.  I have never had
>trees arrive from ANY nursery with such small root systems.  I am wondering
>if any of you have gotten similar trees from them this year, and/or any
>advice for how to keep these trees alive.  It was an absolute breeze
>planting these trees of course, since they required tiny tiny holes to be
>dug!  But that doesn't console me.  I wanted fruit from these trees!  Also,
>the info they sent with the trees stated to use EXTERIOR latex to paint the
>trunks, whereas I had heard most sources state to use INTERIOR.  I have
>emailed them asking about the paint and suggesting that they pay an
>unannounced visit to their shipping department to see the size of the roots
>on the trees they are sending out.  Anyway I am hoping to hear back from
>other NAVEXers about the trees they have gotten this year from Bay Laurel.
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