Thank you, I'll take more pictures in the morning but maybe I'm worrying about nothing 😅 is it OK to move the trees now or should I wait until winter/spring time to prevent transplant shock? I have lots of ants in my garden, I can dig a small hole and find 50 baby black ants. Will these be a problem when I put the trees in? Thanks so much for your help
hi, in the circles are the areas I'm concerned about. It looks a bad colour on the trunk with the green/black areas, is this OK, it's not rotting or anything is it? Also is that shot leaf on the circled leaf or where the insects have been eating it? is this sticky looking substance bad? It's not sticky when I touch it but it doesn't look healthy to me. these branches are different colours, is that normal? One is a healthy looking green branch and the other a dull brown colour. just another close up of the first picture so you can see more clearly
Pic 3. The area circled in red is where it was grafted. I suggest you plant in the garden...asap. Water well daily. They will grow and flourish. The tree will grow new branches. If a branch dies...no leaves...then just cut it off.
Cherries are large trees .....your babies will never be happy in a pot. Try not to worry so much!
Thank you 😊 can I plant them outside today, I keep reading that I should wait until they're dormant in october-march? I'd love to just get them in the ground and out of the pots but I'm worried about transplant shock
You are making a lot of fuss about no problem at all. Just dig holes and plant them .Nature doesn’t follow instructions. They are perfectly fine
But I've read transplant shock can kill a tree and that's why it's recommended to move them later in the year. I'm just trying to be educated to make the best choices for the trees.
Well , you can choose between them dying in a pot or chance planting them in the garden .I’ve told you what I would do. Good luck with whatever you decide
Trees that are bare rooted are best planted as soon as bought in the autumn.
However plants growing in pots can be planted when ever soil is warm enough. In pots the roots can go round and round...called pot bound. see below. In the ground the roots will grow out into the ground so that the tree can grow strongly as nature intended.
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I suspect colour difference is below graft the root stock v Above graft.
I suggest you plant in the garden...asap.
Water well daily.
They will grow and flourish.
The tree will grow new branches.
If a branch dies...no leaves...then just cut it off.
Cherries are large trees .....your babies will never be happy in a pot.
Try not to worry so much!
However plants growing in pots can be planted when ever soil is warm enough.
In pots the roots can go round and round...called pot bound. see below.
In the ground the roots will grow out into the ground so that the tree can grow strongly as nature intended.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=trees+pot+bound+roots&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPs4GXw-jxAhX6QEEAHavzCGkQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&biw=1280&bih=567