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Sacha[_1_] · 13-12-2006, 06:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 13/12/06 16:54, in article
, "judith lea"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:

Somewhere at the back of my mind - and I do hope I'm wrong - there is a
faint memory that they're treated at the roots so as not to survive outside.
I don't see how that can be but it's just a notion I have that I've read
that somewhere.

They don't look treated but then it could be a liquid that it clear. I
was quite sad to see them stacked so early before being sent to
wholesalersretailers - there are still a few hundred stacked and every
time I pass, I can see the general public buying them - I would not
expect dry roots to survive after all this time, but who knows, maybe
Ray will have a good idea on this?

Ray thinks I'm dreaming! He says he knows of no such treatment. Both he
and Matthew think it's because the trees will eventually grow much too large
for most gardens and that conifers are difficult to keep in pots, especially
when they have been in the warm environment of a house for a couple of
weeks.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/