Bare root shipping delay

[Jaxon Holler]

Ordered 20 persimmon seedlings which shipped from Blue Hill on Tuesday and supposed to arrive today. UPS apparently sent them to the wrong route so I won’t be getting them until Monday. I won’t be able to get them in the ground until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest. Anything I should do or things to look for when they finally arrive? Hoping with cooler temps they will be fine and I’m worrying for nothing.

 

[gunfun13]

I wouldn't even the open box, just stick it in a cooler shaded spot. Highly doubt persimmons are showing signs of life yet.

 

[TonySoprano]

As soon as they arrive I'd open the box and make sure the roots aren't all dried out. You'll Probably have to sprinkle a little water on the roots then seal the bag back up and put them in a basement or garage as long as it's not too hot until you can plant. Probably not that hot where you are , but it was 85 degrees where I live today. 5 to 7 days shipping is about average/acceptable...and should be nothing to worry about. I just received 4 crabapples that were in shipping for 15 days !!!! might as well say 16 days because they were boxed and labled the day before. I wasn't happy and thought for sure the trees would die as 3 of the trees had dried out blossoms . The seller refunded my money and told me to soak the roots for 24 hours and plant. After about 7 days all the trees leafed out and are living. PS: The original tracking said 5 days delivery...SO not sure why it took 15 days .

 

[Teeder]

Mine arrived on Wednesday and I won't be able to plant until next weekend. I stuck them in a bucket of soil to hold them over. Mine had zero signs of waking up.

 

[RGrizzzz]

They should be fine, as long as the roots are still well sealed. They are shipped with wet saw dust. It won't dry out unless the plastic has been ripped. I brought back a back of saw dust from trees I planted a few weeks ago and had it in my garage just casually tossed in a pile of planting supplies. It was still a little damp when I dumped it in my garden two days ago. I didn't do anything to seal it, just twisted it and left it in the garage. You should be fine for an extra few days.