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Mark_T · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 6:26 pm

I'm going to give my mother a few trees and plant them in the ground for her. They are currently in CHC, so I'm worried about the medium falling away and these trees more or less going in ground bare rooted. Any experience with this?

David. · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 7:43 pm

You will be fine, i like to get most of the soil off before i put in the ground.

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Mark_T · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 9:03 pm

The place I'm going to put the trees is slightly below grade. Can I use top soil to elevate the grade and create a sort of raised bed?

David. · Posted: Mon 04 Oct, 2010 9:15 pm

On the top itll be fine just dont mix in with the native soil around the roots.
I usually put some fully composted maure on the top also space a good 6 inches fromt he trunk.

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fred · Citruholic Joined: 16 Oct 2009 Posts: 134

Mark_T wrote:

I'm going to give my mother a few trees and plant them in the ground for her. They are currently in CHC, so I'm worried about the medium falling away and these trees more or less going in ground bare rooted. Any experience with this?

I tend to have good success with bare- rooting / partial bare rooting.

When dormant I totally bare root-- when not dormant , I have had good success removing about half or so-- less of a shock.