Proper planting depth for seedlings

Proper Planting Equals Successful Seedling Establishment

Tree Planting and Care Brochure

Planting Tips

Planting Information

Fruit Trees

When purchasing apple trees, be sure that you have two different varieties planted within 50' of each other so that they cross pollinate to get fruit. Call for pollenizer recommendations. Or add a crabapple to improve pollination! Large-size fruit trees have larger rootstock and require shovel-dug holes (at least 2' x 2') and more time for planting. If a hole is too small with not enough space for roots, roots will "J-root" and grow up to the soil surface. This exposure will dry out roots and kill the tree. Plan ahead and plant it right!

Evergreen Transplants

Transplants and large-size trees have larger rootstock and require shovel-dug holes (at least 2' x 2') and more time for planting. We get customer complaints every year about poor survival of transplant stock, and it is because they were planted incorrectly, with not enough space for roots, thus causing roots to grow up, be exposed to the air and dry out the tree. Plan ahead and plant it right!