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If you're going to transplant any tree or shrub, it should be done in two steps. You need to start in the spring.
First, you need to root prune.
A tree that has been growing in a place for a while has most certainly become established in that spot. If you were to just suddenly dig it up and move it, it would lose a lot of its root system. What we have to do is encourage the developement of more roots closer to the trunk of the tree so that when we dig it up later, it will have a more developed root system that can be moved with it to the new location.
All you have to do is take a shovel a dig a deep trench around the perimeter of the tree early in the spring. Be sure to feed the tree with something high in phospherous. Bonemeal would be great. This will encourage roots to develope closer to the trunk of the tree.
In the fall is the best time to transplant.
Dig up your tree. You're going to lose a lot of roots. But if you root pruned in the spring, your chances of successful transplanting are better.
Make sure you prepare the new site well. Pre-dig the new hole. Make sure the new hole is plenty wide enough to accomadate the tree, but so wide that the tree will fall over in it. supplement the soil with fresh compost. Make sure you plant it at the same soil level that it was at before. This is very important! Not higher, not lower! Especially not lower! And DON'T pile up mulch around the base of the trunk of the tree. This is where the tree aerates. If it's all covered up with mulch, the tree can't properly 'breath'. This can lead to disease, pests, problems. A newly transplanted tree doesn't need this!
I have been successful 99% of the time digging up trees and transplanting them the same day. It is very important to develop root growth at the above answer states. To do this, add a cup or more of 0-20-0 or 0-40-0, high phospate with no nitrogen or potash. This helps root growth only and the tree is not forced to grow above the ground. It will become well established with a fine root system after a year. You can then add a fertilizer 10-10-10 or near those numbers as the years go by.
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∙ 7y agoThe leafless months from November through March is the best time to trim oak trees, in the Northern Hemisphere. Oak trees (Quercus spp) suffer from a wilt disease (Ceratocystis fagacearum) that bark beetles (Pseudopityophihorus spp), attracted by the smell of fresh wood, carry into such open "wounds" as pruning cuts and trims. Any emergency cutting, pruning or trimming -- such as of damaged, dangerous, dead, decaying, diseased wood -- from April through October will have to be done into dry wood on dry days and protected with wound dressing.
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∙ 15y agoWhen the leaves are off.
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∙ 16y agoAt the end of winter and before spring
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∙ 11y agoWhen you have trimming shears
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∙ 13y agoIn Autumn after leaf fall.
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