Tips For Planting Bare Rooted Tress/Shrubs And Roses

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When your talking about planting in winter bare rooted plants really have to be discussed. Now is the time they will start to become available in nurseries to purchase.

The main plants you will find bare rooted will be deciduous trees, deciduous fruit trees like cherry, peaches, plums etc and roses.

You have to remember these trees have been dug up out of the ground and roots have been cut so they have gone through some shock before you purchased them.

A few planting tips...

• They will most likely be wrapped in saw dust, you should shake this off gently. Don’t leave the saw dust wrapped around the roots.

• Before planting soak the roots in a bucket of water and seaweed solution. Mix as per rates on directions.

• Dig a hole twice the width of the root ball and one and half times the depth of the root ball.

• Mound the soil up in the middle of the hole at the base so the main centre of the root ball is sitting at the correct height. You should be able to see the line of where the soil had previously been on the plant This level will need to be the same level that it was planted at.

• Ensure the graft sits above soil level otherwise it will sucker.

• Back fill the hole with a good quality soil and compost mix.

• Water in well

• Cut back the above ground part of the plant by about one third. With fruit trees and roses take this from the top with feature trees that have a natural leader remove the lower branches to not ruin the shape.

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