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| I am planning on ordering 2 apple trees from stark bros. i have done some research and saw pretty positive reviews. Has anyone ordered trees from them? Are they good qaulity trees? Just would like to hear others exsperiences ordering from them |
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| I have ordered from them, but not trees. I have heard you have to dig to find what rootstocks. I ordered raspberries and blueberries. Even though they know my zone they sent them a month early. I would suggest to give them a delivery date in advance. The plants were very nice, healthy, good sized, all survived, all grew very well. I would order again, but only if they accepted my delivery date. I believe the original owners sold long ago, but the nursery itself is one of the oldest around. Founded in 1816. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 23:23
| They used to be mediocre but they got bought out a few years ago and since then I have been pretty satisfied with their stock. They just bought out Millers and its unclear how well they will fold Millers' operation in -- Millers was a notch or two down in quality. Scott |
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| Miller was a notch down, but had some unique items. So far not offered at Stark Bros. It must be a mess! I find the plant guides useful for beginner's, I also like how you can adjust your order yourself online. They have one of the most advanced web sites for a nursery around. I cancelled one raspberry and ordered another one, without emailing, or calling, and they got it right. Impressive! I wish all nurseries had such advanced software. The web master set it up just about perfect! |
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| I have ordered from both Miller's and StarkBros in the past and have been satisfied. Only one tree from Miller's did not make it and they replaced it with no problems at all. Mike |
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- Posted by Ztom 5 OH (ztom@zoominternet.net) on Fri, Feb 7, 14 at 12:09
| I ordered several trees from them 3 years ago, including a granny smith and golden delicious apple, and all are doing well. |
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| Great , im going to order them for the spring! Thanks for the input |
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| I have ordered 3 plums and two peaches, all 'dwarf'. I just got two peach trees on an after season sale Friday, let them soak overnight in tea made from composted organic cow manure and seaweed. Planted them the next day, Saturday. Today Sunday, shoots on one tree has sprouted. It doesn't get any better than that. The only con is rootstocks aren't listed but I knew dwarfs use redleaf peach (seedling). Not the best for my area but I'll try it. |
This post was edited by txdurk on Mon, May 26, 14 at 0:22
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| I ordered a Redhaven peach tree from Stark Bros that arrived on the 16th, and went in the ground that day. It's a VERY nice sized tree. Not pushing any leaves yet, but passes the scratch test. THEN..., I noticed they went on sale about 5 days after I ordered mine, so I "dollar-cost-averaged" and ordered two more. They arrived yesterday and are also very nice. The roots on the one would not fit into a 5 gal bucket (I soaked it in a wheelbarrow) while the other one's would fit. Anyway, both of these have green-tip showing upon arrival. I'm real happy so far. I have a Montmorency coming in Wednesday for a friend that I'm hoping is even close to the peaches I got. Here's a picture of the substantial roots.
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| I have about 50 Stark & 12 ACN trees in the ground ranging 2 to 5 years, they are all alive, fruiting and growing. Any issues that I have are self-imposed. In addition, I bought 6 hardy figs 2 years ago and complained that they didn't come out of dormancy. They were replaced without question. Problem is, I didn't know figs or the concept of "die-back". I believe I pulled trees prematurely and should have waited before complaining... I completed thinning my orchard today and wish I knew back then what I "think" I know now... I have been reading this forum, watching youtubes, joined clubs, bought Kindle scripts, etc... for 5 years and have read many books. I still have very little expertise that I could pass on... Fruit growing is "hard" and I'm no "dumb bunny". |
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