I have some Bud 10 here. Slow grower for sure in our hot, humid climate. But unlike Bud 9 it has not up and died here. Point of fact I ordered 3 1/2 caliper Bud 10 to make a tall stepover with Pionior scions which seem ideal for it.

This is really generous of you to organize! I’m tempted. Sending you message.

Yes. About as opposite to last year as we could swing! But, it’s supposed to rain tonight/tomorrow. I wish I had living grandparents who had gardened so I could hear about what it was like when weather wasn’t a unmedicated bipolar beast.

My main experience is with my nursery trees that have been growing for 2 years of more in 25 gallon pots after placing them there as pretty big trees I’ve sized up in in-ground bags. I set the containers in soil to encourage escape roots anyway, but I still get circling roots within the pots. I end up with potted trees with some bare roots that are spread into the soil when t...

i am in a pretty arid place. i dig my holes one day and throw water in. and into the pile I’ll refill with. next day I’ll put the bare root trees in a big bucket with some muddy water in the bottom. i carry that thing out and plant them from it. i don’t carry extra water with me but I’ll go back along after planting them in and use whatever is left in the bucket on any where ...