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Moving Young Fruit Trees
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I planted some dwarf fruit trees(plum/gage/cherry) about 18 months ago, I have since re-thought the layout of the garden, and now want to move them. They have just started to show bud. Can I risk moving them now if I do it carefully and show them extra loving care for the next few weeks? What is the wisdom of the group? Your comments eagerly awaited Regards Tom |
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Thos wrote in message ... Hi All I planted some dwarf fruit trees(plum/gage/cherry) about 18 months ago, I have since re-thought the layout of the garden, and now want to move them. They have just started to show bud. Can I risk moving them now yes, probably. Aim for as big a rootball as you can; minimum root disturbance; stake well; if I do it carefully and show them extra loving care for the next few weeks? er- a bit llonger, I suggest- don't let them dry out later in the summer. -- Anton |
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And do it in the evening, not during the hot part of the day. Water at
least twice a week for several weeks, as long as the waster drains very well. Otherwise less. Dwayne "Thos" wrote in message ... Hi All I planted some dwarf fruit trees(plum/gage/cherry) about 18 months ago, I have since re-thought the layout of the garden, and now want to move them. They have just started to show bud. Can I risk moving them now if I do it carefully and show them extra loving care for the next few weeks? What is the wisdom of the group? Your comments eagerly awaited Regards Tom |
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Xref: news7 uk.rec.gardening:132559
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:23:38 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: ~And do it in the evening, not during the hot part of the day. Water at ~least twice a week for several weeks, as long as the waster drains very ~well. Otherwise less. Dwayne ~ ~"Thos" wrote in message ... ~ Hi All ~ I planted some dwarf fruit trees(plum/gage/cherry) about 18 months ago, I ~ have since re-thought the layout of the garden, and now want to move them. ~ They have just started to show bud. ~ Can I risk moving them now if I do it carefully and show them extra loving ~ care for the next few weeks? ~ What is the wisdom of the group? ~ Your comments eagerly awaited ~ Regards ~ Tom I managed to move successfully a tripover apple the other week. It was quite elderly, and the nicest flavoured apple in my allotment, but the previous holder had put it in a silly place. It had barely any root, and I thought it was not going to survive, especially as its buds were quite large at that point. I put loads of well-rotted manure in the hole, stomped it all down well, watered it well and mulched it heavily with wood chippings. It has now taken off like a rocket and has buds open all over, and looking like the flowers are going to open any day now. I was amazed. I think your youngsters will have a good chance. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove nospam from replies, thanks! |
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Thanx all for your advice. I'll give it a go :-)
"jane" wrote in message ... On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:23:38 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: ~And do it in the evening, not during the hot part of the day. Water at ~least twice a week for several weeks, as long as the waster drains very ~well. Otherwise less. Dwayne ~ ~"Thos" wrote in message ... ~ Hi All ~ I planted some dwarf fruit trees(plum/gage/cherry) about 18 months ago, I ~ have since re-thought the layout of the garden, and now want to move them. ~ They have just started to show bud. ~ Can I risk moving them now if I do it carefully and show them extra loving ~ care for the next few weeks? ~ What is the wisdom of the group? ~ Your comments eagerly awaited ~ Regards ~ Tom I managed to move successfully a tripover apple the other week. It was quite elderly, and the nicest flavoured apple in my allotment, but the previous holder had put it in a silly place. It had barely any root, and I thought it was not going to survive, especially as its buds were quite large at that point. I put loads of well-rotted manure in the hole, stomped it all down well, watered it well and mulched it heavily with wood chippings. It has now taken off like a rocket and has buds open all over, and looking like the flowers are going to open any day now. I was amazed. I think your youngsters will have a good chance. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove nospam from replies, thanks! |
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 05:52:10 GMT,
(John H Wood) wrote: ~On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:06:38 +0000 (UTC), (jane) wrote: ~ ~On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:29:43 GMT, ~(John H Wood) wrote: ~ ~~I have five choice apples varieties that I grafted six years ago and ~~cherished. They were cropping well and living up to my expectation ~~taste wise. The daughters' sheep got at them and ring barked the lot, ~~the entire stems. They are budding wonderfully as if nothing had ~~happened but when the leaves are out and transpiring in the hot sun ~~they will die. Hope your own survives the transplant. Give us an ~~update next spring. ~ ~Oh I will. Ouch to your trees. Can you wrap them in cling film or ~something? Or just hope that you can graft them onto new root stock? ~ ~I thought that my "grafting" days were over and have no root stock ~left. I have taken a serious look at some of my varieties such as ~Sturmer Pippin, a wonderful apple but no good here, and decided that ~they must go to make way for the like of Ashmeads Kernel and Kidd's ~Orange Red, so will top graft them over. ~ ~Have you tried grafting, it's easy? ~But probably too late for your tree this year. I haven't, and this is one reason I hope the tree will survive the first year. (Or fruit so I can get it identified and buy another one - it's a really early, soft-fruited eater with yellow and pink colour and I like it better than all the other varieties, even though it won't store). Where does one get rootstocks? My local vanHage GC is pretty much the "sell prepackaged labelled whole tree" type and I'd confuse them if I walked in and asked for an M27 or whatever. If I were to start again I'd raise it as a cordon not a tripover, that's for sure! -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove nospam from replies, thanks! |
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