Transplanting trees? Any arborist on here?

[bowhunterhelm]

I have hundreds of trees on
my property that I would like to move to other areas. These are all small live oak, cedar elm, and white oak. Most 10 ft and smaller.

I know this is a tough job, not planning on moving all of them but would like to move one or two every so often.

What do I need to do to keep from killing them. I'd rather leave them than move them and have them die.

I've been told to mark north and keep north north, lots of water, and fertalize.

Should I do this a certian time of year?

Any other pointers?

[cheez]

I'm certainly no arborist (did I spell that right? Don't look like it)

I do know the best time to move trees is in the winter when they are dormant. If you have a bunch to move I'd highly recommend hiring or renting a tree spade. Google tree spade and watch some of the videos.

[doublearrow]

I don't have time right now but I will email you later. I do have a couple of questions what area of texas and what is the soil. I've used spades as small as 32" and as big as 109". I've also balled and burlapped trees and supervised a project where we moved 20,000 trees.

[Bubba]

I'm not a arborist,But I had a tree planting and moving service for awhile. The fall will be your best bet.If its rocky where your at spades will do you no good.As far as north I never heard that and when you buy trees from the farm there not marked.Rule of thumb 1' of dirt around the tree for every 1" of trunk 4" turnk 4' foot root ball.More dirt the better due to the feeder roots are out around the drip line.When watering use the drip method instead of soaking them.Use a time release fertilizer.If your moving bigger trees say 4"and above and not in a hurry it's best to dig one side at a time and leave alone for a while to let the roots repair thereself then dig another side.Good luck.PM me if you have anymore questions I try to answer them as best I can.

[acearrow]

have always heard move them when they are dormant also.

[rubydog]

I'm not a arborist,But I had a tree planting and moving service for awhile. The fall will be your best bet.If its rocky where your at spades will do you no good.As far as north I never heard that and when you buy trees from the farm there not marked.Rule of thumb 1' of dirt around the tree for every 1" of trunk 4" turnk 4' foot root ball.More dirt the better due to the feeder roots are out around the drip line.When watering use the drip method instead of soaking them.Use a time release fertilizer.If your moving bigger trees say 4"and above and not in a hurry it's best to dig one side at a time and leave alone for a while to let the roots repair thereself then dig another side.Good luck.PM me if you have anymore questions I try to answer them as best I can.

What Bubba said is true. While in college I owned several tree farms and a digging service. We always dug our tree's with a sharpend nurserymans spade. We was po and the mechanical spades werent around.
The process of digging one side at a time is called root pruning. My family and I have transplanted as large as 34''caliper magnolia trees in ex Governor Bill Clemons yard in Dallas.
The one thing that I will add is that you can dig winter, spring or fall however the use of a root stimulating chemical is advised as well as a time released fertilize like Osmocote. Good luck...