moving a flowering cherry tree
 

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.

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

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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.


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stevewoodhead

Do you have the necessary specialist equipment to dig it up, including large
root ball, and have you been root pruning it for the past few years (as
specialist large tree nurseries do?) so the shock isn't too great?

I just pruned a few branches on one of my cherry trees and it up and died,
so I think your plan sounds pretty ambitious!

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"stevewoodhead" wrote in message
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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.


Do you have the necessary specialist equipment to dig it up, including large
root ball, and have you been root pruning it for the past few years (as
specialist large tree nurseries do?) so the shock isn't too great?

I just pruned a few branches on one of my cherry trees and it up and died,
so I think your plan sounds pretty ambitious!

I dunno. The risk is with the buyer, and there are some pretty daft
people buying on ebay.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

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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.

Are you sure it is both 8m high and only 6 years old? That's faster than
a leylandii!

I don't think it will move at that size, so you are basically selling an
ex-cherry.

If, otoh, its 8ft rather than 8m, you have a chance, but it needs to
moved in the dormant season.
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Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"