These cherry trees are growing in plastic bags so they can be put into cold storage in winter to delay bloom. Each winter, Kevin Paulin moves a 1-1/2-acre block of his Sweetheart cherry orchard into cold storage. Each of the 1,200 trees in the block is growing in a black plastic bag. In late July or early August, after the trees have gone dormant and been pruned, he loads them into bins, six trees in each, and hauls them to a cold storage facility that he rents, taking care not to knock off buds or twigs. Why go to all […]