The first step to heel in a plant is to prepare your plant for heeling in. If you are heeling in a bare root plant or tree, remove any of the packaging and soak the roots of the plant in water for 4 - 7 hours.
Cuttings of strong growth taken with a heel in July or August can be grown in a greenhouse or cold frame the first winter and planting out the next spring after frost danger.
If you must delay planting for several weeks, you may "heel in" the plant by digging a deep and wide trench and tipping the plant roots into it at a 45-degree angle. Cover the roots with soil and keep the trench moist.
heeling in The temporary burying of a newly dug plant's roots to prevent their drying until a new planting site is prepared. Nurseries heel in bare-root berries, trees, and shrubs.
To aid root formation, dip the heel into root forming compound. It is important to trim off the lower leaves to prevent rotting.
Check the packing material's moisture content every three days. If you can't store the plants at their ideal temperature or you need to wait longer than one week to plant, you must heel in—temporarily plant—your plants.
Always try to plant bare-root stock as soon as you get home. If you can't plant right away, "heel in" plants by temporarily placing them on their sides in a shallow trench and covering them with moist soil to keep roots from drying out.
heeling in If the weather is unsuitable for planting woody plants, or sometimes for other reasons, it may be necessary to heel in plants temporarily until they can be moved.
 See also: Plant, Soil, Planting, Water, Heel
  
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