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Old 11-28-2007, 06:16 PM
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Originally posted by jamesn162
I was at a tree farm today picking up some wreatheas for some of my good customers today and i noticed 3 arborviate 8ft tall, and 7 douglas fir about 6-7 ft......and for the past three days the temps have been below freezing and that would mean the balls of the trees would have been frozen....wont that cause death of the tree??????????????

It depends on the tree. Some trees in containers or B&B have no problem dealing with cold temps for days at a time, while others can't take a single night in such conditions.

Generally, most northern nurseries begin to heel-in their excess stock around September or October and it is unusual to see trees out of the ground and unprotected at this time of year.


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