On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:26:19 +0000, stevewoodhead wrote:


I am looking into selling a 8m high, 6 yr old flowering cherry tree on
ebay. Is it OK at this time of year to relocate this tree? Is there
anything that needs to be taken into account when relocating it? Advice
and views welcome.

You need to be sure to remove enough of the root ball to sustain the tree
until it can establish new roots in the new location.

Commercial nurseries have a special digger to do this.

You will also need some kind of large fork lift or similar to move it, as
the root ball for an 8m (26' high) tree will be massive.

You will also probably need a specialist transport firm, given the size of
the tree.

This is probably a highly specialised market as trees higher than the
average two storey house are not usually found at the local garden centre.

Most of the cost will be in safely moving the tree.

Winter would probably be a better time to relocate such a tree, whilst it
is dormant and the weather is cooler.

HTH
Dave R