Re: moving Japanese Maple?
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] moving Japanese Maple?
- From: M* H*
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:29:18 -0800
They did say that you could hand dig the thing, but in practical terms, can
you move a 4-5 ft root ball?
At 01:10 PM 03/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>that's not within my means -- did the show say whether this was considered
>mandatory?
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>s.
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>>I saw this done once on a landscaping TV show. They used a back hoe to dig
>>up a root ball gthe same size as the avobe ground portion of the tree and a
>>forklift to move it to the new spot, which had also been dug by the backhoe.
>>
>>Madelin
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>>At 07:34 PM 03/12/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Why not build the deck around it and use it as a focal point? Just a
>>>thought.
>>>Kate
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Silke-Maria Weineck" <smwei@UMICH.EDU>
>>>To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>>>Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 2:29 PM
>>>Subject: [SG] moving Japanese Maple?
>>>
>>>
>>>| We are building a deck in a shady spot, and in the middle of this spot,
>>>| there's a gorgeous Japanese Maple, about five to six feet high -- do you
>>>| think it can survive a move or should I not even try?
>>>|
>>>| Silke
>>>|
>>>
>>>
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>Silke-Maria Weineck, Ph.D.
>Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
>3110 MLB
>University of Michigan
>http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~weinecks
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