best time to move trees

Joey Meister

i would like to move a few trees and give some to a neighbor, would now be a good time to move them if they have stopped growing for the summer?

stirmantrees

The colder seasons provide the best time for transplanting shade trees. Depending on there size a extended protocol of hardening off the root system prior to transplanting would be ideal. How big are they? Are they volunteers that came up on there own or did you plant them from containers. If so how long ago. What species? pictures?
There are definitely more qualified Arborist on this forum that have hands on experience transplanting large trees(Sean freeman has a thread called "large tree transplanting)i think
But if no one else has anything to say and they gotta get dug or your going to cut them down then nows the time.

Sean Freeman

My personal experience is limited to tropical tree species growing in tropical and sub-tropical climates.

Some general pointers that might be of use are included in the attached pdf.

F-359.pdf

Joey Meister

they are two mediem sized trees, one is a forest pansy redbud(picture is in my other post, called forest pansy redbud) other is a white mulberry mulberry is going to my neighbor and we are moving the other to the back yard as we were told it would stay small but will actually get much larger, both were planted this spring

pcarborist

Move them when the leaves turn.

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arborjockey

I think redbuds are some what sensative unlike the mulberry which is bullet proof. medium size??? mulberry can get 60' + redbud only 20+
careful with the redbud

Joey Meister

i moved them all in early spring, all are doing well except for the redbud, it died back, but has new growth from the bottom, if i let it grow can i train it into a new tree?