After reading all the comments about the value of planting such fruits as
currants and blueberries in the fall, I wonder if fruit trees too gain a
season of growth with fall planting. Do they? Apples and pears,
specifically? I've planted peach trees in both spring and fall and had the
same results. But......this was in a hot climate with 340 day growing
season. I planted to columnar apple trees in the spring in 1998 in Illinois
and they seemed to do nothing for the entire season. The following spring,
they took off. Would I have had gained a year by planting them in fall?
Doreen Howard
Zone 4b--Wisconsin
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[nafex] Fall vs. Spring Planting--Redux,
Doreen Howard, 11/30/2000