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[Patsy King <pking888@gmail.com>]

Hi and thank you all who responded about the roots on my trees and also w/
ideas on how to save them.  Bay Laurel Nursery responded when I emailed
them and stated that it was the growers that send them that way, so not Bay
Laurel's fault.  I'm not entirely convinced of the accuracy of that.  I
believe these were Dave Wilson Nursery trees, supposed to be top quality.
 I am hoping anyway that they have the right conditions to get some root
growth going before they try to grow on top.  They'll have to get a move
on, though, since my established peach and cherry trees are getting big
buds!

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:01 AM, <nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:55:29 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
> From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] dreadfully chopped off roots on my Bay Laurel
>         Nursery trees!
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> 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.
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> Otherwise, I would recommend them.  They are still one of my top picks for
> fruit nurseries.
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> 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.
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> Anton
> North Carolina, Earth
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