I planted my desired peach tree today. It was watered in the pot it was sitting in. The soil held on to water very well and was very clay like. I took the tree out of the pot and all the dirt around the root fell off exposing the peach trees root. I quickly put the tree in the dirt pressed soil tightly around and watered it in. Looks good. My question is.... know that the root ball has been "disturbed" with it's native soil falling off will the tree show signs of transplant shock? I watered with some transplant fluid and put some bone meal in there. what else should I do....is this enough?
what did you do with the soil that fell off of it? you should have also put that back in to keep the nutrients in the soil that you added. it should be ok though, I'm a new gardener and I've done that alot..whew! if it hasn't started showing shock within a week of replanting, you're cool...keep up the good work.
I threw it away, it was mud. Very clay, probably would of killed the tree if it stayed planted in it any longer. I have been to the nursery a few times and I have noticed that when they watered other peach trees like this one, you could see the water just sitting there day after day.... I added new nutrients.
Your tree was probably purchased by the nursery or wholesaler as bareroot in refrigerated storage. It had only just been planted in the pot with the clay soil. Replanting again was probably ok but I would leave it now for the next 3-4 months to grow some fine roots and hold the root ball together. When you discovered the bad soil, that probably should have been the time to plant it, rather than repot it. If you choose to use a dormant oil, follow the directions closely, it can be pretty damaging to flowers & foliage if you already have bud break.
Yes, it appears so! The tree is in the ground now where it will live it's life....god willing. So it will not move or have any other transplants to endour. there were no fine roots...just a few very thick roots coming from the bottom of the tree. I have never bought from this nursery before. The other nurseries I have bought from in the past had a much better rootball with very fine roots and it held together while taking it out of the pot. This is another story. This nursery did not even know if it was dormant sprayed...I will leave it because I do see some very minor bud break.
No, I took it out of the container I bought it from and planted it directly into the garden...there was no repotting.
