I would like to dig up some evergreens saplings. Should i do that in fall?

I would wait until late winter if want to be more sure they'll survive... Even evergreen trees has little metabolism activity on fall/winter...
They can die during winter if you stress them too much.

So far I had succeded nicely even on summer with propper after care, fall I never tried... So I will not say it doesn't work, just that I wouldn't do it...

Evergreens indeed are dug in early (!) fall, or early spring (later winter). If dug in fall, it is best to protect them from wind & frost

which one of you should I trust?

The one whose trees you prefer.

Hmmm, sorry, I didn't tell you not to, I said I wouldn't, because I'm not in a hurry that I couldn't wait until spring...

And the way I see, comments are not fully disagreeing...

If you can't wait, go ahead...

leatherback wrote: The one whose trees you prefer.

Well, everybody has to start somewhere, I'm not here to compete to anyone, I'm here to learn with you guys, and share/talk about the experiences I had, and maybe you or other people could also learn something, even if tru' my mistakes...

For real, sorry Jelle, I admire your work...

You might have misunderstood.

My general advice it to follow the recommendations given by a person whose trees you like. Makes no sense to do whatever someone does whose trees you do not like, or where you cannto tell whether the person knows!?

I dont fully agree that you will get better looking trees if you collect in authum. Collecting good looking trees is a matter of selecting the right trees, not at all a matter of when you collect. Obviously collecting in mid summer might kill the tree and never give you a good looking tree.

In my country many pines are collected from bogs. They are not accessible all thrue the year and not every year. In order to collect them there needs to be some flexibility regarding timing. I have a few trees marked for collection back in summer 2019. They havent been accessible since then. I will collect anytime from mid authum to mid spring, as soon as the area is dry enogh to do it.

Tropfrog wrote: I dont fully agree that you will get better looking trees if you collect in authum. Collecting good looking trees is a matter of selecting the right trees, not at all a matter of when you collect. Obviously collecting in mid summer might kill the tree and never give you a good looking tree.

So why do you bring it up?