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Posted: Sep/01/2008 10:14 PM PST
I was just reading the thread about planting trees in fall. I'm thinking about digging up a small mimosa and moving it to my new garden spot. When would be the best time to actually dig up a small tree? And how big a plant should I choose? |
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Posted: Sep/02/2008 6:15 AM PST
To reduce the stress on the tree and improve survival chances I would wait until it is completely dormant. Any size would do- keep in mind that the larger the tree, the larger the root system  I have 2 wild cherries that volunteered in a garden bed last year, I'm going to be moving them later this fall to a more permanent spot a bit further away from the house. |
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Posted: Sep/02/2008 9:24 AM PST
That is, wait until the leaves drop off and everything? If I choose a plant that is, say, waist high, how much root-ball-thing should I take with it? |
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Posted: Sep/02/2008 1:32 PM PST
If you have several mimosas to choose from then I'd say you have too many in your area already!  Here in the south, mimosa is a terrible pest tree ... I'd hate to see that happen to you in Indiana. I just wanted to point that out. I did the same thing 20 years ago and was sorry afterwards (and it was hard to get rid of, the roots kept resprouting). |
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Posted: Sep/02/2008 10:17 PM PST
LOL they're pretty common here, but I wouldn't say they're pests... It must be cold enough in the winter that they don't go quite as wild. There's one on a college campus up the street from my house that's in the middle of a big green lawn. It's really old and big, and absolutely beautiful when it flowers. The one I plan to steal a baby from is between the edge of a factory parking lot and a creek on my way to work. It's not a maintained area, so there are lots of babies sprouting around it of various sizes. Of course I will ask in the factory office first, but I don't imagine they'd mind me taking one 
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Posted: Sep/03/2008 3:36 AM PST
I'd start digging at the drip line, and carefully work down and under the tree. The reason for digging and transplanting in the fall is because once the tree is dormant, it can survive with the loss of some roots because it doesn't have a canopy to support 
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