Re: Moving Japanese Maple -- Sequel
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Moving Japanese Maple -- Sequel
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:11:10 -0400
Wouldn't recommend it...maples, as someone else said, are relatively
shallow rooted (more than 2" down, however :->) for one reason and
you'd likely smother it. Another reason is that it would probably
not survive the rough and tumble of kids bouncing around it.
Better to move the sandbox to another location and plant the tree
where the sandbox used to be:-)
You will start to find tree roots around 6" down and to probably at
least 18" down with some below that. Most tree roots function in the
top foot or so of soil - depending on the soil (deeper in loose,
sandy soils, shallower in clay soils or where there is hardpan) and
the nature of the tree's root system.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Silke-Maria Weineck <smwei@UMICH.EDU>
> Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 6:42 PM
>
> Dear all again,
>
> we're getting ready to move that Maple (thanks, Marge, for
all the tips!)
> -- the place we like best for it is, sigh, our kids sandbox -- is
it
> possible to plant the Maple deep in the middle of the Sandbox, fill
it up
> with sand and have the kids play in their very own JM box? Or is
that an
> entirely ludicrous plan?
>
> silke
