Re: moving Japanese Maple?
Well, no, hence my query to this forum...
At 02:29 PM 3/13/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>They did say that you could hand dig the thing, but in practical terms, can
>you move a 4-5 ft root ball?
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>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.
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>>>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
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>>>>----- 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?
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>>>>| 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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