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Happy little trees:
Seeing young trees through winter
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The first few years of a tree's life when it's newly planted are the most vulnerable. It needs enough water and nutrients to establish a strong root system, and it needs protection from trunk damage.
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Fortunately, providing young trees with the protection they need over winter is easy! In this week's newsletter, we'll share three ways to keep your trees happy and healthy over winter.
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1. Help trees put down roots
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The roots of a tree spread out farther than you might imagine! As a general rule of thumb, they stretch 1.5x the height of the tree or more in all directions, concentrated in the top 1-3' of soil.
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Late fall is a great time to encourage root growth. Although the leaves are gone on most trees, the roots will keep growing until the ground freezes.
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Select a tree fertilizer with a good amount of phosphorous and potassium, (we can help you pick one out if you like,) and spread it evenly over the root zone instead of only near the trunk. The tree will store up the energy it gets from this dose of fertilizer, and put on healthy growth come spring.
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2. Wrap tree trunks
to prevent sunscald
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On winter days when the sun heats up the exposed trunks of trees, the water inside them can thaw and then re-freeze, sometimes cracking the wood and damaging the tree.
While trees with textured bark are naturally resistant to sunscald, young trees with smooth bark should be protected with a tree wrap once freezing temperatures set in.
These include:
Birches
Crabapples
Flowering Cherries
Fruit & Nut Trees
Honeylocusts
Maples
Tulip Trees
Willows
You can pick up a roll of tree wrap in our plant pharmacy. Don't forget to remove the wrap once the weather warms up in spring!
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3. Protect young trees
from deer
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Deer are on the move! If you haven't protected your smaller tree trunks with a deer guard yet, now is a great time. Bucks will rub their antlers on tree trunks from fall through winter, stripping off the bark and potentially killing the tree. If you have a tree with a 1-3" diameter trunk, pick up a deer guard in our Plant Pharmacy.
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Watch our tree care video for a hands-on demonstration of tree wrapping technique and tree protection using a deer guard. (Skip to 1:06 if you don't want to watch the whole video.)
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Mark your calendars:
Pics with St Nick
& Brakers Dozen Bakery
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There's so much to look forward to during the holiday season! In addition to our popular workshops, we have some fun events scheduled after Thanksgiving:
November 26th
11:00-2:00 Pics with St. Nick
December 3rd
Brakers Dozen Bakery
11:00- 2:00 Pics with St. Nick
Kids and pets are welcome to come and take their picture with Santa Claus!
Brakers Dozen Bakery will be on hand December 3rd, with delicious fresh baked treats for sale.
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Holiday workshops
are selling out!
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We've sold out of spots in the morning holiday birdhouse workshop, so we've made an additional birdhouse workshop available at 1pm on December 10th. If you're interested in signing up, don't wait!
We have several other classes that are close to full as well! Reserve your spot today at hoerrnursery.com/workshops.
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All remaining Spring Dug Trees - $99
All remaining Zelkova Trees - $49-$99
Select Trees as tagged - 40-60% off
Boutique Fall Decor - 40% off
Spring Bulbs - 40% off
(including crown imperials, pictured above)
Get them while supplies last!
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