Ok my fruit trees have arrived, now what do I do?

[fredtbad]

I ordered 2 apple, 1 pear, 1 kiwi, 1 lemon, 1 orange, 2 blueberry. Like with kids, no manual arrived on how to care for them, so what do I do now? They are all about a foot n half high. Do I pot on or plant out or something else?

[yoanbob]

plant the apples and pears, not sure about the citrus and kiwi, are they hardy? blueberry should be o.k. now as well i would have thought.

[annie trip]

hi there have a lemon and arent hardy will need frost proof room for these,also if i was starting my orchard afresh would espalier my pear trees or make them stand overs apparantly they like??!!

[monkeybum]

Your Kiwi should be OK outdoors if you protect the root in cold weather and keep sheltered if poss (next to a trelis/wall). We planted ours out last year and it was fine over winter. Is it self fertile?
Your citrus is deffinately not hardy so keep inside. Plant your apple and pear out now but don't prune as the root will take at least one month to set.