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heeling in or planting bare root fruit trees

10 years ago

I have apples and peaches coming, apricots too, on bare root stock at the end of the year. Super cold weather has the ground frozen even though it is a nice southern exposure. Can I heel them in if I insulate them well in my unheated pole barn, keeping them mostly in the dark?

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Charlie
10 years ago
I planted my bareroot trees in pots, watered them, wrapped the pots in a plastic bag, and put them in an unheated shed. It worked fine, but that was in northern VA, not CO.
Bradybb WA-Zone8
10 years ago
That sounds like it should work Mike.Maybe use some hay. Brady
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