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soaking tree roots
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| danny22 2008-02-20, 5:25 pm |
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i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is
this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
thanks all
danny
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danny22
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| bmatson34@yahoo.com 2008-02-20, 5:25 pm |
| On Feb 20, 3:51=A0pm, danny22 <danny22.2324...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
wrote:
> i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
> that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. =A0is
> this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
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> thanks all
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> danny
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> danny22
I'm really not sure but it could be right because new trees need lots
of water.
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-02-20, 5:25 pm |
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In article <b49ac46f-097e-4b6f-baac-c9aed791b82e@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
bmatson34@yahoo.com writes:
|> On Feb 20, 3:51=A0pm, danny22 <danny22.2324...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
|> wrote:
|> > i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
|> > that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. =A0is
|> > this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
|>
|> I'm really not sure but it could be right because new trees need lots
|> of water.
Overnight is good. For a week could kill them.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| On 20/2/08 20:51, in article danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk, "danny22"
<danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:
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> i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
> that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is
> this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
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Are you posting from North America? If so, any advice you get here will not
necessarily be helpful to someone there.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| kayak4747@yahoo.com 2008-02-20, 8:25 pm |
| On Feb 20, 3:51=A0pm, danny22 <danny22.2324...@gardenbanter.co.uk>
wrote:
> i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
> that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. =A0is
> this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
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> thanks all
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> danny
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> danny22
This website has been very useful. Thanx
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| danny22 2008-02-21, 3:27 am |
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no, im from north england lol
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danny22
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| cliff_the_gardener 2008-02-21, 9:25 am |
| Generally I do not soak fruit tree roots for more than an hour, the
Malling roots certainly do notlike prolonged wet. When I soak the
roots I use a propiatory soloution of seaweed extract (the original
Maxicrop in the brown bottle for those in the UK) for an hour. I will
also water some of the tree in with this solution. I know that the
tree is dormant, but some how it seems to help. When watering the
dormant tree is does not need puddling in as you might for a growing
plant.
Regards
Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
working my way through grafting 400 apple trees
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| On 21/2/08 07:51, in article danny22.232ee57@gardenbanter.co.uk, "danny22"
<danny22.232ee57@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote:
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> no, im from north england lol
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I don't know where I got USA from, then!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Campa-Man 2008-02-21, 9:25 am |
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"danny22" <danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk...
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> i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow. ive read
> that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight is advisable. is
> this true? i thought roots weren't meant to sit in water!
>
> thanks all
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> danny
If they are bare rooted they usually suggest about an hour soaking before
planting.
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| Anne Jackson 2008-02-21, 5:25 pm |
| The message from danny22 <danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains
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> i'm planting a small apple and a small tree pear tree tomorrow.
> ive read that soaking the roots in a bucket of water overnight
> is advisable. is > this true? i thought roots weren't meant
> to sit in water!
This might be a silly question, but is there another apple tree
nearby, to act as a cross-pollinator?
If not, you probably won't get any fruit on your apple tree.
--
AnneJ
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine
when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty
is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross quotes (Swiss-American psychiatrist and author )
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| Pete C 2008-02-21, 5:25 pm |
| Anne Jackson wrote:
> The message from danny22 <danny22.2324596@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains
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> This might be a silly question, but is there another apple tree
> nearby, to act as a cross-pollinator?
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> If not, you probably won't get any fruit on your apple tree.
Trust you to bring sex into it ;)
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Pete C
London UK
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| Judith in France 2008-02-21, 8:25 pm |
| On Feb 21, 8:53=A0pm, "Pete C" <petc...@lineone.net> wrote:
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> Pete C
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Wot? Our Annie? She is the most respectale woman we know, yes???
Judith
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| Anne Jackson 2008-02-21, 8:25 pm |
| The message from "Pete C" <petcrow@lineone.net> contains these words:
> Anne Jackson wrote:
> Trust you to bring sex into it ;)
<smooch>
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AnneJ
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine
when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty
is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross quotes (Swiss-American psychiatrist and author )
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| Anne Jackson 2008-02-21, 8:25 pm |
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> On Feb 21, 8:53_pm, "Pete C" <petc...@lineone.net> wrote:
> Wot? Our Annie? She is the most respectable woman we know, yes???
<struts> That's me! Captain of industry, I am... ;-)
(but I _do_ still have my moments!)
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AnneJ
www.freedomcollars.co.uk
www.copperridge.co.uk
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| danny22 2008-02-22, 3:25 am |
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my whole village used to be an orchard, so pretty much every garden has
fruit trees. walk for two mins and ull see twenty apple trees and
twenty pear trees. and some plum trees. and citrus in the summer lol.
i think im starting a trend with a self-pollenating sweet cherry tree i
just bought though 
anyone know how much i should water them? i have got them sorted in
big pots (as i cant currently plant them in the ground and wont be able
to for a year or so) and i have watered them, but I haven't seen water
run through the bottom of the pot. is this about right for water
volume? any suggestions on feeding them, and when? they are both still
pretty dormant - pear is bare but the apple has half a dozen buds, a
couple of them just newly opening.
thanks all!!!
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danny22
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| Anne Jackson 2008-02-22, 1:25 pm |
| The message from danny22 <danny22.2343fd7@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains
these words:
> my whole village used to be an orchard, so pretty much every garden has
> fruit trees. walk for two mins and ull see twenty apple trees and
> twenty pear trees. and some plum trees. and citrus in the summer lol.
> i think im starting a trend with a self-pollenating sweet cherry tree i
> just bought though
> anyone know how much i should water them? i have got them sorted in
> big pots (as i cant currently plant them in the ground and wont be able
> to for a year or so) and i have watered them, but I haven't seen water
> run through the bottom of the pot. is this about right for water
> volume? any suggestions on feeding them, and when? they are both still
> pretty dormant - pear is bare but the apple has half a dozen buds, a
> couple of them just newly opening.
> thanks all!!!
--
AnneJ
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine
when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty
is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross quotes (Swiss-American psychiatrist and author )
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| Judith in France 2008-02-27, 5:25 pm |
| On Feb 22, 12:00=A0am, Anne Jackson <amygd...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
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> AnneJ
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lol, rock on Annie!
Judith
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