Bareroot query.

[chris]

So, I've some vouchers to use before June or July or something like that - I quite fancy a couple of bareroot fruit trees from the place that the vouchers are for. I'm not ready for them yet, and won't be really until late summer I guess..

It's a peach and apricot - I'll be fan training them on a trellis panel when it's installed. could I order the trees, and just bang them in a pot for now, or would it be more beneficial to heel them in - I'm just wondering if it'll be too long, I mean I could plant them, but they'd probably need to be moved - I'm planning on getting a digger dropped over the wall into my garden to scrape everything out, pots would be easier to move. I could buy a couple of large pots, to help with the issue of them drying out - just not sure which method would be best so thought I'd throw it out there!

[zazen999]

I bunged all mine into pots [the aldi ones] and installed 5 into final positions that winter, and most fruited.

Just don't let them drown or dry out.

[Alison]

Alternatively you could order them during the non-bare root season (ie early summer before your vouchers run out) and they should be delivered next winter, by which time you should be ready. If it's a decent supplier then they won't deliver at the wrong time - if it's one of the more general commercial suppliers then I'd be a bit more iffy about this option as they may well send out bare root at any time of year.

[orangepippin]

If you won't be ready until late summer, it may be better to order now but wait and get them delivered in the autumn. I think that will give a better result than potting them now and replanting later on.