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Potting bare root fruit trees for late spring and fall planting?

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Posted by leafout 6a (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 19, 14 at 15:17

Next year I'm planning to start a small nursery to support my edible landscaping business.

I'd like to buy all the fruit trees I estimate I'll use on jobs next year in one large bare root order.

Would it be possible to pot the trees that won't be planted during early spring jobs so I can use them later in the year on early summer and fall installations?

I understand that bare roots are best in the ground before they break dormancy, but I've planted potted trees year round with good success. And you can only heal in bare roots for so long, right?

Nurseries around here sell potted fruit trees (which I assume they or the nursery they got them from containerized bare roots) for a mint that people buy and plant throughout the whole year.

Seems like containerizing my own bare roots would be a much cheaper way to have planting stock for late spring and fall jobs.

What are the risks I'm not considering?

Thanks!

- Peter

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RE: Potting bare root fruit trees for late spring and fall planti

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There is a tree nursery near me that does pot-in-pot planting. They bury a pot, then put the tree with the pot inside. This allows for the tree to be removed from the ground rather easily and the benefit is that the trees roots don't heat up in the sun. They add an irrigation system to this and that seems to be all they do.

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