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Old 05-09-2004, 12:16 AM
TQuinn
 
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Default Transplanting a mulberry tree.

While I'm asking questions, I have a Mulberry tree that's growing in the middle
of my yard, not really in a great location, and I'd love to move it so it could
help block the afternoon sun like it's late, great ancestor used to. The only
problem is the tree is now seven feet tall.

Can this tree be moved or would I be killing it? I'm pretty good at
transplanting, but I know from our old mulberry tree that they're touchy about
having anything done to them. If there's a chance it would live, when would be
the best time to move it, and about how much excavating am I looking at where
the roots are concerned? Also, can mulberries get girdled roots? We just lost
a Gum tree to that and it ****ed me off, I loved that tree.

(I know some people hate mulberry trees, but I love the leaves and the birds it
attracts, plus I'm getting roasted in my yard since the old mulberry tree had to
come down.)

Thanks again!
-I'm thinking of changing my name to "No luck keeping trees".