Need advice

businessdit

Hi all-

I recently had a few bags of bare rooted noble fir seedlings delivered in co extruded polythene bags-

I won't have a chance to plant these trees until next week - and some of the bags have water in them while others don't have water in them-

Should there be a few litres of water at the end of these bags? Or will that harm the submerged seedlings?

Thanks for any advice in advance-

periodictable

Shouldn't be any water in the bags- my guess is that the rain got in. As long as the bags are out of direct sunlight, and the trees damp, they will be fine. Tree roots in water for sustained periods not a good thing.

businessdit

periodictable wrote: »

Shouldn't be any water in the bags- my guess is that the rain got in. As long as the bags are out of direct sunlight, and the trees damp, they will be fine. Tree roots in water for sustained periods not a good thing.

Thanks for the advice -

I have just gone out and emptied the water out of the bags.
The water has been in the bags now for abou 36 hrs, do yh think that is long enough to have caused damage to the bare roots?

Thanks

periodictable

No they are fine-it's when water has been there for 10 days plus that problems may begin to arise

businessdit

Thanks for the advice-

have2flushtwice

I have planted 4 ash trees in a boggy corner last yr, they took well. Its dry in summer, and floods in winter. They are about 5 ft high. Wil the wet roots be a problem in this case?

periodictable

Ash likes dry ground. I'd take them out and put them somewhere else even if it was on a bank. While they may grow ok during the rest of the year, the stress induced by flooding will weaken the trees and leave them open to attack by disease.