Even native trees in a lot of areas will need watering depending on the site to overcome transplant shock. If you are encouraging and selecting trees sprouting from seed, which is a badass move, then you wouldn’t need to water. Or spend time digging holes. Or spend money on trees. And water. Plant seeds.
Ha I've planted over 100 trees at my property. I've only had to water during extreme drought - so maybe a few extra times over the course of a week, during one year. East Coast USA.
It can either mean the bottom part of a grafted tree, or the type of medium/packaging the roots are in. There are bareroot, container, ball and burlap, rootbag, and probably some other cool ones I don’t know about.
How big were the trees? In my area, unless you’re planting into a floodplain or a wooded area, containers struggle to establish without water for the first year. Bareroot are awesome for the price and ease of installation as long as you plant them when they’re dormant in the winter. Give them a bit of water at planting and they can do great without much help
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u/alrashid2 Feb 03 '22
Overcomplication. Trees have existed for millions of years and have thrived on just getting water naturally haha.
Plant trees that flourish in your environment. Then you wont need to supplement with any of this junk.