Are you planting trees for a fruit orchard, shade, or privacy? If you are, you'll face an inevitable dilemma when buying the saplings: whether to buy bare-root or potted trees. At a glance ...
Bare root planting is the easiest and most cost-effective way to plant trees and shrubs. Pictured above is witch hazel, bare root on left and with container on right. Photo courtesy of Turnbull ...
“I prefer planting bare-root fruit trees rather than container trees as they are less expensive and will grow better,” he said. “The challenge is that bare-root trees are getting harder to find.
The difference is that the kid is counting the change in his pocket, while I’m trying to determine where I can plant another bare-root fruit tree. Bare-root trees are only available for a short ...