Our Tree Growing Philosophy
From a landscape standpoint, we preferred trees grown in the native
soil to those grown in plant soil mixes in containers. It was our
experience that trees grown in the native soil seemed to adapt better
when transplanted. So, as had been the practice for many years in
the nursery industry, we planted and grew our trees in the ground
and then dug and balled and burlaped them for transplanting .
Over the years, container growing has increased in
popularity because of the easier portability and handling, labor
cost and the ease and ability to move trees in all seasons of the
year. Several years ago, with rising labor and other handling costs,
we decided to change our growing practice to using grow bags in the
ground.
After growing our trees in grow bags to the
desired size, we then pot them in containers. I believe this offers
the best of two worlds, allowing us to grow our trees in the native
soil before rooting them out in containers for sale.
We irrigate , prune, fertilize and practice weed
and insect control during the growing process, but we do not push
our trees to rapid growth. In this way we feel we provide a hardy
grown, less succulent tree that will better respond to out harsh
soil conditions when transplanted.
