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Do I leave mesh wire and burlap on a tree rootball Amelanchiar?

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Towcester · 07/02/2023 17:35

It's a bit like the one in this link?

marshalltrees.com/wire-baskets-why-leave-them-intact/

Can i just plant the whole lot in the hole wire and all?

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Towcester · 07/02/2023 17:36

Getting mixed answers from different sources.

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larchforest · 07/02/2023 17:44

The grower in that link is in Florida in the USA which has a vastly different climate to the UK.

I would say it depends entirely on how solid the existing root ball is, and whether or not it has grown through the sacking/basket.

Towcester · 07/02/2023 17:59

Right, it hasnt grown through.

I was too hasty perhaps.

Rootball delivered at 3.30. It came in a giant container but they had covered the rootball loosely with soil.

I wanted to get it in the ground so dug the hole and soaked the contents if the container with two buckets of water whilst i dug.

Hole ready. Got rootball out of container but was surprised to see the mesh and burlap. I am a novice gardener.

By the time i researched it had gone dark.

Rootball is well watered and sat upright on my soil now and it forecast to get down to -1 tonight.

Will it be ok to do it tomorrow?

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DancingLedgend · 07/02/2023 18:14

Not good for roots to be exposed to frost- if it were me, I'd want to wrap up that rootball tonight to protect it- old duvet? multiple layers cardboard? or cover with several inches of earth

Towcester · 07/02/2023 18:57

Thanks. Threw some old clothes away at the weekend so pulled them out of the bin and wrapped it up.

I will unwrap and inspect in the daylight tomorrow and call the garden centre to ask if i should remove wire and burlap.

Thanks again

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