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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrod777" data-source="post: 5036025" data-attributes="member: 2033"><p>Good question, as I'm currently shopping best options for fruit trees, for US, not the deer!</p><p></p><p>Stark, Tyty have looked like good options. Lowes and other big box stores can be just fine, and actually Honeycrisp, Fuji, and some of the other big market fruits do just fine in our climate. Here's a tip, though: if you buy from one of the big box stores, pull the tree out of the pot-- yeah, right there, do it-- and make sure the roots are white and look alive. If the plant has been in the possession of a store that doesn't specialize in plant care, there's no telling what it has been through before you found it.</p><p></p><p>As for digging a hole to plant in, and filling it with high grade soil, DO NOT. You'll end up with a plant that sends its roots around and around in that hole, but won't send roots out into the native soil. Plant a tree like that, and when it dies in a year or two, pull it out, and you'll see that the roots haven't gone anywhere at all. You're better to shake off the potting soil and put it into native soil.</p><p></p><p>Here's a list of cultivars recommended by the UT Extension office:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://extension.tennessee.edu/knox/documents/tree%20fruit%20and%20small%20fruit%20cultivars%20for%20tennessee.pdf[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrod777, post: 5036025, member: 2033"] Good question, as I'm currently shopping best options for fruit trees, for US, not the deer! Stark, Tyty have looked like good options. Lowes and other big box stores can be just fine, and actually Honeycrisp, Fuji, and some of the other big market fruits do just fine in our climate. Here's a tip, though: if you buy from one of the big box stores, pull the tree out of the pot-- yeah, right there, do it-- and make sure the roots are white and look alive. If the plant has been in the possession of a store that doesn't specialize in plant care, there's no telling what it has been through before you found it. As for digging a hole to plant in, and filling it with high grade soil, DO NOT. You'll end up with a plant that sends its roots around and around in that hole, but won't send roots out into the native soil. Plant a tree like that, and when it dies in a year or two, pull it out, and you'll see that the roots haven't gone anywhere at all. You're better to shake off the potting soil and put it into native soil. Here's a list of cultivars recommended by the UT Extension office: [URL unfurl="true"]https://extension.tennessee.edu/knox/documents/tree%20fruit%20and%20small%20fruit%20cultivars%20for%20tennessee.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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