The weather outside for the last few months as long as I can remember now has been a disaster being quite frank.
The funny thing about horticulture however is that life simply goes on. And when one misses out on a time frame of the season….. one often has to wait until the following year to get that task done.
There is no greater seasonal example of this than trees.
About two years ago I planted about 140 trees in my garden. A few failed for various mechanical reasons… but some where planted just for the moment. They were always gonna have to be moved… this January was the time to do so.
Trees go dormant over winter. They lose their leaves. They go asleep for a few months [wouldn’t we all like that… 😉 ] and come the rise in temperature is when they must awaken. So how many weeks do you have left to plant bare root and root ball trees or to move them….. ? As long as its cold outside is the short answer.To the point…..
You have a tree you want moved….
The first question should you wish to do it yourself is could you lift this tree. If the answer is yes then proceed.
Remember if you lifted all of Dublin up and placed it in…. lets say Scotland [for the craic] would your tree be disturbed in its movement…. no. With that in mind dig as great a hole as you can around the base of the tree without disturbing the roots and then go under.
With a plastic bag – bark mulch bags split are usually quite durable lift the tree in one swift move from the hole onto the bag.
With your second hole already prepared…. drag the bag [ 😉 ] rather than the tree to its new location.
After this the preparations are the very same to planting a tree. Go do it… hurry… you’ve not long left.