{"id":613787664710,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/march-weather-bareroot-planting\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:03","slug":"march-weather-bareroot-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/march-weather-bareroot-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"March Weather: Happy Bareroot Planting Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to chilly British Spring weather<\/strong>, the end of the 2024\/25 bareroot planting season will be a whizz-bang corker on the discerning planter\u2019s hit parade, and should last well into April for most of the country.
That\u2019s longer than our official statement on the subject indicates:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe bareroot season shall last from November, weather permitting, until end o\u2019March; bit longer in Scotland or someplace brass monkeys like Newcastle.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, everyone can feel like Newcastle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We\u2019re using Leeds for an arbitrary British mid-point; you naturally must check your own local weather forecast, unless you\u2019re in Cornwall, where you already know it will be warm and postcard sunny.<\/p>\n

Low Nightime Temperatures Extend The Bareroot Planting Season Into April<\/h4>\n

Those low night time air temperatures<\/strong> force plants to put the brakes on leafy and flowering growth above ground.
The night air will get colder until past the middle of the month, with a likely belt of frost as though Winter Is Comin\u2019, then linger below 5C into April.
The sun still warms the soil<\/strong>, however, where the all important root growth is starting.<\/p>\n

And to make planting work easy, there is a dose of rain every week that keeps the soil moist, but not day after day causing trouble. <\/p>\n

Leeds Forecast for March: Cool Throughout, Frosty in the Middle<\/h3>\n
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\"Accuweather\"<\/a>
The orange box is a likely ground frost period in cold inland regions North of Leeds. Air frosts are possible on calm nights at 3-4C and below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Every March, a cohort of people want to know, \u201cis it too late to plant bareroot<\/a><\/strong> trees<\/a> for 2025?\u201d, and when asked in March, the answers is \u201cno, March is definitely not too late to plant bareroot, assuming that you have already placed your order and the trees are booked for delivery; if not, buy online at your friendly local Ashridge now before everything sells out.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, the answer in April to the question \u201cis it too late to plant bareroot?\u201d will be \u201cno, but we\u2019ve sold out of everything! We didn\u2019t plan for an extra-half-month-plus of bareroot plant sales. That was a real mistake, considering we are supposedly experts who do this for a living. Hey, have you seen this cute dog jump on this guy?\u201d<\/p>\n

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