Fill the heeling in trench back in. If you are heeling in for the winter, mulch the plant with sawdust, hay or leaves.
Heeling In How-To
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Heeling In: Putting a plant in a temporary position until it can be permanently planted.
Herb: A plant grown for flavoring food or for medicinal purposes.
heeling in
Temporarily setting a plant into a shallow trench and covering the roots with soil to provide protection until it is ready to be permanently planted.
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Heeling in-Covering the roots of dormant plants with soil or mulch for short periods.
Heirloom plants-Cultivars of flowers, fruits, and vegetables that are open-pollinated, in use prior to 1945, and preserved by farmers and gardeners.
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.
Heeling in is helpful if you are unable to immediately plant a bare root rose or tree after purchasing it. Start by digging a trench. The trench should be straight on one side, and angled on the other.
Heeling in your new arrivals is a simple process: Just buy some wood chips and follow the easy instructions shown in the pictures and described in their captions.
HEELING IN: covering the roots of dormant plants with soil or mulch for short periods.
HEIRLOOM PLANT: Plants that have been grown for 50 years or more.
HERB: A plant grown for flavoring, scented foliage or medicinal purposes.
Dry roots are the chief cause of planting failures, and steps should be taken to prevent this-i.e., balling and burlapping, and heeling in.
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, Trench, Water, Growing
  
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