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Planting a Potted Fruit Tree
July 21, 2011 - GrowOrganic
Planting a Potted Fruit Tree Plant a Bare Root Fruit Tree Heeling In Bare Root Trees Fruit Trees - A Selection Guide

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You can plant bare-root fruit trees in the fall/winter, but if you get a spring/summer brain wave that you’d like to add a fruit tree to your garden or orchard, you can certainly plant a potted tree. Right now in July we have potted apple, peach and pear trees in our Grass Valley nursery, ready to go into local gardens. In fact, some fruit trees have such sensitive roots or they are evergreen that they should be planted from a soil-filled pot or sleeve. Figs, pomegranates, olives, and citrus…


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