{"id":956,"date":"2016-07-03T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/?p=956"},"modified":"2016-07-03T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:45:10","slug":"buying-evergreen-root-balled-plants-in-the-autumn-and-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/buying-evergreen-root-balled-plants-in-the-autumn-and-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Evergreen Root Balled Plants In The Autumn And Winter."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>When you are buying evergreen root balled plants in the autumn and winter\u00a0often a nursery will grow a number of plants and buy in\u00a0rootballed plants from abroad so ask if its a locally grown plant or if they have been brought in. The advantage being that locally grown plants are already used to your conditions, if they have been grown in the South of Italy they are in for a bit of a shock.<\/div>\n<div>Traditionally plants where transplanted in the autumn and winter from nurseries to gardens. Plants that are not to happy on having the roots exposed where and still are dug up with soil still around the roots and wrapped in a sacking or netting. Firstly you need to make sure the\u00a0rootball is damp and the soil around the roots not crumbling or falling away. This is critical especially on larger plants such as conifers for hedging over 3 metres in height.<\/div>\n<div>On evergreen plants look for signs of burn on the leaves from wind or lack of water this indicates that the root balling has not worked and the plant is suffering.<\/div>\n<div>Ideally select you\u00a0bare\u00a0rooted plants in the field before they are dug up by the nursery.<\/div>\n<div>Ask for for a replacement\u00a0guarantee most nurseries will provide one if they are sure of the stock they are selling and also ask then for after care information.<\/div>\n<div>Finally look for a good sized\u00a0root\u00a0ball and also ask if the plants have been under cut in the\u00a0previous years to produce more\u00a0fibrous\u00a0roots. This is where the plant growing in the field has had its roots cut in the autumn or winter around the base to encourage more\u00a0fibrous\u00a0roots nearer to the stem which make a plant easier to transplant.<\/div>\n<div>If you need any additional help just contact the GardenAdvice\u00a0advisor&#8217;s<\/div>\n<div><a id=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/advisor\/freeadvice\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/advisor\/freeadvice\/index.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are buying evergreen root balled plants in the autumn and winter\u00a0often a nursery will grow a number of plants and buy in\u00a0rootballed plants from abroad so ask if its a locally grown&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buying Evergreen Root Balled Plants In The Autumn And Winter. &#8211; 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