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Time To Get Bare Root Planting

Rain, Snow, Storms. We have certainly had a wild start to 2025 weather wise but the evenings are getting longer, the birds are starting to sing, the days are a little nicer. Spring is finally here! You may be thinking about going back out into the garden. Well if you are, IRD Duhallow may be able to help you with that.

Here at IRD Duhallow, we have a wide selection of bareroot trees, hedging and fruit bushes available for community groups as part of our Communities Planting for Biodiversity Project.

Bareroot plants are environmentally friendly; producing a bareroot plant uses less resources, ie. less fertilisers, less compost, less water, less plastic and less transport costs than a pot grown plant. More varieties are available as stock can be bundled together to be held in nurseries, taking far less space than pot grown plant.

Bareroot plants often get settled in and grow faster than pot grown plants.

However, it is very important not to let the roots dry out. If your plants have arrived before you are ready for them, you must ‘heel them in’ until you have time to plant them. This means that you must dig a hole and place your plants in it up to the soil level on the stems. You can put hundreds of trees into one hole so it is not too arduous. Make sure you back fill the hole with soil.Trees can be left like this for several months but must still be planted within the dormant season or they will not establish well.

For more information, please contact Helen or Rowan at duhallow@ irdduhallow.com or on 029 60633.

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