cheap fruit trees

I have bought a cheap pear tree and a cheap apple tree from a bargain shop - 4.99 each. They don't have much soil around their root and I am not quite ready to plant them in the ground.
I also think it might be too cold to plant them outside.

Should I plant them in tubs until it is warmer and I have prepared the ground for them? Or will they last a week or two in the plastic bags they are wrapped in?

Look forward to your wisdom.

 

Spot on Woo.
They won't be bothered by the cold, just heel them in until ready to plant sal.

 

Yip ... TooWitTooWoo is absolutely right

 

Saturdays job I'm afraid, they will have to last until then.

Many thanks for your help

 

Our local Lidl store had fruit trees for 4.99 when I was there on Thursday, thought about buying them but thought it might be to cold to plant them out as the roots looked pretty sparce.
Wish I had got some now hopefully they will have some left when I get round to going again.

 

Yes, Dalbuie. I got my apple and pear tree from 'instore' which in some towns is called 'bargainbuys'. But our Lidl has them in too. I got my cherry tree from there today. If they are half decent, I will be more than happy.

 

Dalbuie take care buying fruit trees from Lidl. I went to a nursery today and the owner said that he was tempted until he saw how small the rootball was, he said the tree wouldn't have survived. I'd give them a good coat of looking at and choose the biggest rootball there.

 

I think I will pot them up and put them in the unheated greenhouse until the soil is a little warmer, then the roots might have chance to grow a little before breaking into bud.

 

I did pot up my cheap trees. And yesterday they were planted in the ground. I staked them as the rootball on them is not very big and probably fragile.
The trees are starting to bud, I am hoping this cold weather puts a stop on that for a while so the rootball has a better chance of getting growing.

Has anybody else bought these trees?