Chunkin Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Calling all chief gardeners! Today I had two apple trees delivered (late Christmas pressie ) and am hoping to plant them tomorrow. If anyone could offer a bit of advice (OK full instructions ) it would be much appreciated! Apparently they are bare-rooted maidens (?), on M27 rootstock and one is a James Grieve and one is a Discovery. I was wondering... What size pot should I use (if it is OK to use pots??) What sort of potting compost (am hoping peat free organis stuff is alright)? Should I add any sort of fertiliser/garden compost/chicken poo (have plenty!) to the pots? & Should I take them out of the packaging and soak the roots before I plant tham tomorrow? Thank you in advance for sharing your collective wisdom - I promise to bring apple cake to a future omlet gathering! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 As far as I'm aware it's ok to plant apple trees in pots-they have to be big pots though! We have lots of Conker trees in very large pots in the garden. I do think that it better to soak the roots in water first as that's what Dad always does. They seemed to have lived! On the pot side again-the pots can't be majorly big though as the rootball will go rotten and the plant will die. That happened to a bush in the front garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkin Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Oh dear, just as I thought, pot size is important, I'll have to take a guess! It's a bit chilly out this morning - need a nice hot drink to recover from taking son to rugby - trees might have to wait until this afternoon! Thanks for the reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
