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Our local Aldi are selling off their fruit and ornamental trees, £1.99 for the fruit and £2.99 for the ornamental as they all look half dead.
I thought it would be worth a gamble so bought the last apple tree.
It is very 'sticky' looking ie dead but I have just unwrapped the roots and there are lots of pale new roots and leaves growing out of the them.
Do I just pull off the leaves and plant as normal?
Some of the roots have leaves growing half way down them, if I cut off a couple of those roots and planted them, would anything come from those?
It does say in summer to cut back the stems to about 6 buds from the main stem.
Should I do that anyway due to the fact that most of the stems may be dead?
Ta.
The only other fruit ones they had left at that price were raspberry canes which I haven't seen before so gave them a miss.
I thought it would be worth a gamble so bought the last apple tree.
It is very 'sticky' looking ie dead but I have just unwrapped the roots and there are lots of pale new roots and leaves growing out of the them.
Do I just pull off the leaves and plant as normal?
Some of the roots have leaves growing half way down them, if I cut off a couple of those roots and planted them, would anything come from those?
It does say in summer to cut back the stems to about 6 buds from the main stem.
Should I do that anyway due to the fact that most of the stems may be dead?
Ta.
The only other fruit ones they had left at that price were raspberry canes which I haven't seen before so gave them a miss.
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