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at the end of this past summer we bought 2 fruit trees -peach n plum, i think- and planted them as soon as we got them
we watered regularly and fertilized
and after about a month or so the leaves fell off and now they are just there
my hubby thinks they are dead so he dont tend to them anymore he lets mother nature do her thing with them
shortly after we put them in the ground we wrapped them with straw cause our first frost had set in well i also went to check on them a while back and noticed that the soil around them is very hard almost like clay but without the color
i was wondering if anyone could help me on this
did we kill them?
fertilize them too young??
frost get them or what??

Try breaking a small branch. If it snaps and is dry in the center that branch is dead. But I would wait until spring when things are budding and beginning to leaf out. Those are both deciduous trees and lose leaves naturally in the winter. No watering is necessary in their dormant period.

I just recieved three grape vines from a friend, I believe she bought them at BJ's. The roots are in plastic but there are leaves on the stems. When do I plant them and more importantly what do I do with them until planting. I live in zone 6 south Jersey.

I DUNNO BOUT GRAPES OR UR zone BUT MAYBE THIS WILL HELP::
IM IN zone 8
MY FRIEND HAS A MUSCADINE (SCULPLIN) VINE/TRELLIS N WE GET SOEM FROM HER EVERY YEAR N MAKE JELLY FROM THEM
MY HUBS LOVES TO EAT EM STARIGHT FROM THE VINE AS DO ALOT OF ALABAMIANS
SO HE WANTS OUR OWN
SHE SAID THEY DO WELL FROM CUTTINGS N SHED GIVE US A CUTTING FOR US TO PLANT THIS YEAR BUT IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT TIL WINTER CAUSE SHE SAID THEY CAN BLEED FROM A CUTTING AND DIE ANY OTHER TIME
I DUNNO
MUSCADINES ARE BERRIES ON A VINE JUST LIKE GRAPES
HERE, GRAPES SELL AT NURSERIES DURING spring N THEY ARE USUALLY ALREADY BUDDING N EVERYTHING, IF THATS SO THEN WHY WAIT TO PUT THEM IN THE GROUND,
BUT I KNOW I MAY NOT BE OF MUCH HELP TA YA PAL, SO IM GONNA SHUTUP
;)

MY FRUT TREES WERE DEAD
BUT ITS FINE, $6 WASTED FROM A BEAR ROOT TREE

LOL
MY HUBS WAS TRYING TO BE CHEAP, TOO CHEAP LOL
I THINK TAHT AFTER A FEEW YRS THE FRUIT TREES START PRODUCING
AND ONCE THEY DO, IF THEYRE HEALTHY N ETC THEY WILL GIVE YOU NICE FRUIT FOR YOUR TABLE AND/OR JELLY JARS, SO WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND SPEND $15 OR MORE ON A GOOD ONE FOR THE FUTURE CAUSE IN THE LONG HAUL ITS WELL WORHT IT!!

HES LEARNED HIS LESON THOUGH!! LOL
AT FIRST HE WAS MAD THAT TEY WERE DEAD CAUSE HE PLANTED THEM IN A THUNDERSTORM LOL(CAME IN THE HOUSE DRIPPIN WWET N VERY DIRTY LOL)
BUT THEN HE SMILED AND SAID "NEXT TIME I WONT MIND SPENDING $20 A PIECE FOR THEM THEN THEY BETTER MAKE IT"

AH . . . MEN!!