5 Reasons To Plant in Fall
It’s not just a campaign to get you to buy more plants, it is actually the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. Here’s why:
- Planting trees and shrubs in Spring and Summer requires consistent watering. Allowing a shrub to dry even one time can seriously affect the future health or even kill it. Cooler and shorter days reduce the amount of water a plant requires to sustain itself.
- Plant metabolism slows with anticipation of the end of the growing season.
- While the top is not growing, the roots continue to grow and expand into the surrounding soil making the plant more self-sufficient for the following spring and summer. Happy plants need great roots to grow stronger with less stress and perform better the following year.
- Fall usually brings more rainfall and alleviates the need for supplemental watering.
- Cooler weather makes for favorable working conditions. It is a lot easier to dig in moist soil than the dry, rock hard soil of Summer.
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