Lauras lane in Plainfield sells 3/0 bareroots for 23 cents each. Are plugs near that price?
Lauras lane in Plainfield sells 3/0 bareroots for 23 cents each. Are plugs near that price?
We used a root stimluant/water gel that Itasca provided. The owner told me that this was the last year they were carrying it. I can't remember why. But yes, we did dip in a water gel.Looks good. I hope you have a high survival rate. Do you use root gel at all?
On top of that, they give ya extra trees too. In each of our flats there were some cells that didn't produce a tree, so they put more in each one. We never officially counted, but I bet we got an extra 5-10% more trees than what we bought. I ordered 250 RO Dogwoods, and I could sweat we planted over 300 just by counting cells we put into each bucket times the number of buckets.
We'd plant a hundred and figure we only had 150 left, and it seemed like we hadn't even put a dent in the dogwoods.
I never thought to look for leaves. I'll go back and see what's laying there.I'm guessing red maple on the tree budding out. I don't target any maples here...largely due to the aesthetic effect. I like to see the foliage in the fall...but most importantly...so does my wife.
On the spruces not doing well...yep...I can relate. I'd guess around 50% of all of the evergreens I planted last year suffered winter burn. Closer to 100% of my balsam firs. They all looked great going into winter...now..they look like crap.