Quick ? boot, Moving Potted Maples to a Field Location

Discussion in 'Maples' started by richardbeasley@comcast.net, Jul 13, 2006.

  1. richardbeasley@comcast.net

    richardbeasley@comcast.net Active Member Maple Society

    Messages:
    341
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Piedmont Virginia
    How do you decide when to transplant a potted Palmatum to a field location, is it caliber, age and or is it the size of the root ball, or does it not matter at all?​
     
  2. Rima

    Rima Active Member

    Messages:
    991
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Eastern Canada
    The season matters, very much. Transplanting anything (especially deciduous) except an indoor-growing tropical should really be done only in early spring. Mid summer is the worst time, though if you are just dig a wide rootball, moving it quickly to a place with at least filtered sun, if not light shade, that has fast draining gritty soil, and you keep it well watered for a while, you may get away with it during mid-late August, but it's up to you, of course.
     
  3. richardbeasley@comcast.net

    richardbeasley@comcast.net Active Member Maple Society

    Messages:
    341
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Piedmont Virginia
    I am sorry but that is not what I am asking, I know you only plant trees in my location in the Fall or Winter, if in the season to plant, should you leave it it potted, if it is not big enough? So how do you determine when if it is big enough, to stand alone in a field, is it caliber, age and or is it the size of the root ball, or does it not matter at all?
     
  4. Gomero

    Gomero Well-Known Member Maple Society 10 Years

    Messages:
    1,382
    Likes Received:
    31
    Location:
    Southwest France
    To me it does not matter at all.
    And, I move potted maples to a field location any time of the year as I desire (in this part of the world the ground never freezes)

    Gomero
     

Share This Page