not planting trees right away

[Powder]

This may be a dumb question but here goes anyway.

Will a tree bought now but not planted last through the winter in the container you buy it in? This is in Minnesota so the winters are cold.

 

[dipper]

Bury it and mulch, otherwise it will die above ground.

 

[John-W-WI]

Another option:

If you have an unheated, detached building you can put it in there. Just water it a couple of times throughout the winter.

I often store potted plants in the basement of the cabin and they make it all winter just fine. It helps that I don't heat the cabin very many days a winter. If I did I think they would not make it.

-John

 

[Powder]

I think I may have to bury them. I have an un heated portable shed (tarp kind) but that is basically like being outside. Thanks for the help.

 

[chummer]

I do this every year but group them together and burry them in my garden. Before they leaf out I plant them in their final home. Just to leave them out I think they would be toast but I could be wrong.

 

[kabic]

I didn't have much luck leaving my chestnut trees in my garage. Half of them died.