To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Tall skinny cherry tree pot
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 16:36:43 -0400
Along with the two seedling pawpaws, I also received a Northstar
cherry. It came in a pot 4" wide by 13.5" tall. I thought that was a
little strange. It has roots along the whole 13.5", with at least one
strong one all the way to the bottom, but of course it is very
constrained. In fact I think it's dead. I think it arrived alive but
died within a few days, faster than I could get it in a bigger
container. I would have expected to get the pawpaws in a tall container
since I've heard they have taproots, but I'd never heard that cherries
have taproots. I suppose it was field-grown, and this is the root
"ball" they dug up......
This is from a nursery about which I have never heard anything but good,
so I won't name it without at least calling and talking to them about
this. But since I am still a total novice fruit-grower, I thought I'd
first ask you good folks if it seems weird to you too?
The 2 pawpaws, 1 fig, 1 peach, and 2 pears are all thriving, still in
the pots they shipped in (well, I managed to pot up the fig and peach
just now).
[NAFEX] Tall skinny cherry tree pot,
Regina M. Kreger, 05/12/2007