when to plant my hornbeam in a training pot

mrwally1954

we use a lot of foam boxes that veges are delevered to shops as growing bowes here in ox they r chep n effictive
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Ashbarns9999

They don't have them in the US Wally that is why they construct grow boxes.


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legatoistheman

what kind of foam do you mean? Styrofoam? lol i think most of our fruit we get comes in crates in the United States.

Marie1uk

If you can persuade him to give ya a piece of the garden to plant it in that would be great! Here's what can be achieved in 5 years of growing in the ground. It was given a rest in a pot mainly because I got a bad neck from dodging the other shrubs to keep it on track for a formal upright - I needed to plan the next stage of tapering. It would take half a lifetime for the trunk to get a decent trunk girth in a pot ....

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legatoistheman

Wow Marie1uk, thats a nice tree. I can try to persuade my dad to give me some of his lawn, and see what he says. It might take me a while though.

If i do get some lawn space do i have to leave the tree in there for five years? im a patient person usually, but sometimes inpatient..lol, and will my trees survive the winter, it gets to 30F(-1C) here on average in the winter. I dont want my tree to die after i wrecked some of my dads lawn..lol

Repotter

Convince your Dad that it will enhnce the look of the yard. You won't be wrecking any lawn, only improving it.

Good luck

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october

Hello Legato,as far as any kind of transplanting, spring is usually the best time for most trees. With certain conifers( junipers, cypresses etc.) however, you can also plant some species in the fall. I believe hornbeams are deciduous. They will loose their leaves for the winter. As far as tropicals go, you can repot from spring to about mid to late summer. I hope this helps.

Marie1uk

Hornbeam should be fine at those temperatures. UK Winters usually go below -6 degrees - at least here in Yorkshire, with many prolonged spells of under zero.

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legatoistheman

Thanks for the info. What should i do if i dont put them in the ground in pots for winter? should i put them in some sort of container away from the wind with pine needles to insulate it? what would you all suggest (sorry im so new to this and trees in general)

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