As soon as the trees leave the nursery, your area will get socked with a sudden cold snap.
Last month, we ordered a Honeycrisp apple and a Rainier cherry to add to our orchard. As is the standard policy for mail order nurseries, "Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country." According to the shipping confirmation, that was Wednesday, when it was 70 degrees and sunny. I pre-dug the planting holes in anticipation. By Friday, when the plants checked into the Grove City, Ohio distribution center, it was snowing. Today, when the trees arrived, it topped out at 32 degrees.
This leads me to the corollary: if you pre-dig the planting holes, the pile of dirt you remove will be frozen when the trees arrive.
2 comments:
Yeah, I lot a lot of respect for McCain on this one.
Next time, sheet up the piles of removed soil.
Check out any graveyard :)
Nimrod
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