I have just bought five strong & healthy looking fruit trees from a local supplier. When I asked - before calling out - if they were potted or bare-root stock, I was told that they were originally bare root, but that the nursery had put them in pots.
Working from the Bible (Hessayon), it gives different planting instructions for pot grown & bare rooted stock. How should I treat these?
JeremyB
It's been conainerised. Have a look at the rootball and see if it has filled the pot - this will indicate that it has been in the pot a while, and should be treated as container-grown. If the soil falls easily away fro the roots, treat it as bare root. It won't make a great deal of difference really.