I cant believe people are still waiting for tree...i really hope they come soon for you.

Only the victoria plum tree is doing well, the rest are not showing any signs of budding. Even the peach tree that arrive with leaves on is now just twigs

How often are people water? I havent put anything extra in as i wanted to wait until they showed some signs of life

​Water water water!

First week I watered 3 times a day, around a gallon each tree each time. The weather was warm that week.

Since, with the weather more mixed, every other day a gallon or so a tree.

I am on a very free draining sandy soil though.

Forgot to ask, did the Peach leaves drop or remain on the plant.

The fact it had leaves is a bit concerning as these trees were meant to be in cold store prior to packing for delivery.

Remember when watering, watering deeply once every few days is better than a little each day - this will encourage better root development.

golden delicious in flower, plum which arrived a few weeks later showing green leaves budding, but Avalon peach doing nothing - all 3 watered equally. how long should I give it before I contact Sutton's and are they likely to refund or replace

Contact them now, make sure they are aware you are unhappy.

They will ask you to wait another 4 or so weeks to see if anything happens and then provide photographic proof the tree hasn't survived. They will then refund (or at least that's is what has happened with my peach).

Glad your other trees appear to be doing well. Don't let the apple fruit this year, you need the development in the roots this year not the fruit.

This cooler wetter weather has been perfect as we didn't want the trees bursting into leaf with no roots to supply water to them and the cool start will have slowed things down. I'm still waiting for clear signs of life from the persimmons but the buds certainly look viable. The next three weeks or so are going to be critical.

Robj1 - Thanks for the advice, my soil is quite tightly packed, in fact before i planted my plum tree i emptied a whole watering can into the hole and it was still there about 2 hours later. In the end i had to take some water out and dig a bigger hole so the soil would mix.

The leaves on my peach tree have wilted, they are still there but not so prominent. I don't think anyone has had luck with peach, Deano467 i hope you have some luck with suttons
The apple and pear still look like twigs :disappointed:

Baldieman64 - I'm so glad you mentioned the tree not having roots, i've been water my trees at least 50cm from the trunk.......i'm going to pour the water a bit closer from now on

​Sounds like you are on clay rather than the soil being compacted. Where are you based?

Take a look closely at the buds on the trees, mine are only just starting to open, but it's a nice positive sign (of course, with the Peach being an exception).

You don't want the roots of any of your trees stood in water. Can you dig in some soil improvers? Manure, gypsum etc...