whos the best tree suplier

[Goaty]

When I mean best I mean most economically viable so If im getting 1/2nd year sapling I dont really want to be paying top dollar even if the quality good, but I dont want a load of rubbish that will die so looking for a hapoy medium. To think I may be thinking og getting say 1000 plants Its on more of a commercial scale,

 

Assuming you are not planting in a hard core, crushed up brick soil. Go bareroot 1+1 or 2+1 kind of size. I use a small local supplier who other nurseries round here use. But it depends where you live as well, they say local grown thrives better. The only place I've seen any difference is international relocation!

 

Being the old style of small business many won't have a web presence either, yet they will be among the best.

 

Due to my nursery background I always prune roots and top growth before planting. For example silver birch I tend to skin them to a stick to push growth upwards, you never keep anything in the bottom 2-3 ft long term so why waste the energy?

Roots I trim so I can fit in an ADEQUATE size hole with no roots bent upwards, this is a big failing of many cheap labour I don't care planters along with shoved to one side root systems. Trimming seems harsh but creates superior roots especially for transplanting later. Hence 1+1 etc.

 

Post planting vegetation control is probably even more important.

[william petts]

The ground will be moist clay soil. Its all over grown with bramble and hasnt been disturbed sine weve been here, and probably been untouched before then. As I looked though theres already quite a few silver birch and ash sappling growing through and above the bramble, so they must be around 7-10 ft in height with diameters of probably 2" but this was looking from a distance.