Seems that the trees I’m seeing being sold, many of them anyway, are younger than previous years. Maybe a year younger. They are just not as tall or thick around the trunk.
What do you think?
Are nursery’s shipping younger trees for the same price?
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I think that depends on the nursery and their supplier.
I personally like Grandpa’s Orchard stuff despite what everyone says about their shipping prices. For the quality, i find it reasonable.
Restoring eden also has huge bare root trees and high shipping prices as well.
Raintree Nursery will not ship the bigger bare root trees I’ve noticed. They reserve those for local pickup but will ship the smaller ones at the same price. I picked up some really nice bare roots from them that I’ve never seen in shipment.
Other nurseries, I’ve been disappointed at the high prices and small trees.
Some nurseries have small prices with small trees and i respect that lol
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I am fine with smaller. younger trees if the price reflects it. Found one large rabbiteye blueberry that had nice form. It’s other companions were a bit wild looking. But I quickly spotted nice form younger bushes for $8 less.
We are going to County Farm Nursery next week. A huge 90 building complex to stroll. A flower lover’s dream stop. Up in Baxley Georgia. Of course I will get lost in the fruit and nut tree buildings.
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I prefer skinny whips over a big bare root tree. It is so much easier to shape and keep short. Some of the larger trees are hard to shape. I lose years of fruiting due to severe prunning to get the shape I want.
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Trees of Antiquity continues to ship beautiful trees. Cummins seems the same in terms of their grading system. Just my n=1.