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Old 22-08-2003, 10:47 PM
Earnest Trawler
 
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Default moving a 15foot high weeping willow

With difficulty I would think, mainly due to the weight of the tree and
rootball.

Never moved anything that big, but I imagine the usual rules for moving
trees / shrubs apply. Dig a trench round the tree, sawing through the thick
roots, down to about 2 feet, then start digging under it as far as you can
get, then heave! I would thing you are going to need at least 4 strong
people to lift and move it. As willows have wide-spreading roots you are
going to loose a lot of them, so you will need to prune the tree back hard
otherwise it will die from lack of water, it will need watering with several
gallons a day untill it gets re-established.

Earnest Trawler

"R P McMurphy" wrote in message
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is it possible? i have just bought a house with one slap bang in the
middle
of the garden and it blocks out the lovely view. id like to move it

further
away from the house and to the left of my garden. how do i go about it?

rpm