Nicolas Steenhout wrote:

They stand four feet tall by three feet wide. They are growing in sandy
loamy soil. I should be able to get most of the root ball on each and
re-plant them right away (waiting until next spring to work on them).

Give them more time than that to establish themselves. I'm far from an
expert at tree survival on collected trees, but I suspect that if you lift
them now (heat of summer????), they'll need more than until next Spring to
be solid enough to get work on.

Nicolas
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Good point. I'd put them in the ground, mulch them well, and let them sit there for
all of next year. A good solid year in the ground will go a long way to recovery.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a sunset 37

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