Nurseries wait for dormancy

Mother Nature is what holds up nurseries in complying with a grower’s wish to purchase trees for fall planting, says a Pacific Northwest nurseryman. “Mother Nature is what determines if we can deliver trees in November or early December,” said Jack Snyder, president of C & O Nursery in Wenatchee, Washington. “Once the trees go dormant, which is usually in November, we can get them dug and delivered, but we have to wait to get them into dormancy.” He noted that some of their customers do want trees for fall planting, and they supply them when they can. However, there […]