Bare Root Nursery

[guymayor]

Now that planting season is upon much of the world, here's an example of a nursery that is switching over to old bare-root technology. $10 for a 5' oak?

http://www.powellnursery.com/catalog.pdf...l2012%20Catalog

 

[marlinspiker]

I just got an email from them too. I prefer to deal with local grown b n b materials.

 

[guymayor]

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I just got an email from them too. I prefer to deal with local grown b n b materials.

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It may be easier for a young man to lift all that dirt,

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But i don't know why he'd want to pay for it...

But if the trees grow well, all is well!

 

[oceans]

Bare root is the bomb. Quicker establishment, less weight, easy to inspect and address the root system. Truly the way to go whenever you can!

 

[treehumper]

Bare root is much better. In the long run it will outgrow the B&B. We used BR to plant restoration projects. Loved it.

 

[Adkpk]

I am for bare root.

 

[JeffL]

I actually enjoy when we get a soft ball that falls apart, you get a tree big enough to warrant moving with machinery, and minus the soil, you can throw it over your shoulder and carry it to the hole. We do all b&b, with the occasional bare root transplant, and it's refreshing to not be moving around all that dead weight so to speak.

 

[oceans]

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it's refreshing to not be moving around all that dead weight so to speak.

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But Jeff, healthy soil is ALIVE!

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

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I actually enjoy when we get a soft ball that falls apart, you get a tree big enough to warrant moving with machinery, and minus the soil, you can throw it over your shoulder and carry it to the hole. We do all b&b, with the occasional bare root transplant, and it's refreshing to not be moving around all that dead weight so to speak.

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A Nursery that I have been working with has sandy soil on site. I now do something very similar. As long as you don't shake it to much it seems like it stays together very well.

Been thinking about talking with them on using something other than the B and B technique.

 

[JeffL]

Some nurseries, its more like "clean fill" than it is soil! Especially when you're going down 8-10" to find the root flare on a 24 or 30" diameterdiameter ball. Yikes!

 

[oceans]

I know what you mean about finding the root collar...all that picking up and putting down with a loader with forks. Put in some Betula this spring, found the collar 6" below the soil line. Thought I would dig to China!

 

[nuthin_special]

Are those prices real? $25 for a 1.5" calliper oak? I pay $160 for that here!

Anyone know of a nursery in ontario or manitoba that's selling barefoot trees? I'm so done with B&B

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[treehumper]

I'll find out which one we used in southern ontario or if my former boss knows of anyone nearer to you.