Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 29, 2010 10:26 pm I have a friend who bought a new place and has a beautiful apple tree and another lemon tree. But they're about to just cut them down and mulch them to make room for some tropical plants.
I've never transpanted anything of this size but I figure I've got nothing to loose. Ideally I'd like to wait until winter but they want them gone in about a week. They are both about 9 years old and about 3M tall. I figure I'd give them a deep water, trim back the folage but once they're out I'm not sure what to do. Any advice would be a great help. They're in the SE suburbs of Melb, here's some pics if you need it. http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z242 ... oto002.jpg http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z242 ... oto003.jpg Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 2Jan 30, 2010 12:32 pm I will jump in here and do something out of the ordinary. I don't condone the posting of other forums but in this case I can only see benifit for both forums in doing so I won't even attempt to answer this for you because I know who will be the very best person in Australia to answer it It will involve you joining a forum (a very minor one so i'll post it) and ask away. it isn't an easy format to use but bare with it. Peter Coppin is one of the leading fruit tree consultants in Australia and helped establish the WA Ag Dept's advisory service and much of the information available on line from their website. http://greatgardens.ning.com/profile/PeterCoppin I think you'll be happy with the advice there website: http://www.greatgardens.info/main.php To join: http://greatgardens.ning.com/main/autho ... orCategory ...and the Great Food Workshops forum where Peter can answer your question: http://greatgardens.ning.com/forum/cate ... orCategory As I said, there is no better expert to answer it No one else comes close *(well maybe this one person ) Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 3Jan 30, 2010 12:53 pm Peter Coppin can also be seen at the following workshops: Tomorrow at Kalamunda markets Dwellingup Great Food Gardens Workshop Thursday 25th February 6.00pm - 9.00pm The Wine Tree, Holyoake Rd, Dwellingup Gosnells MEGA Sustainability Event Saturday 6th March 10.00am - 5.00pm in particular 12.30pm-2.30pm - Great Food Gardens workshop Lyal Richardson Hall at the Agonis (2232B Albany Hwy), Gosnells Rockingham Great Food Gardens Workshop Wednesday 10th March 6.30pm - 9.30pm Gary Holland Centre, 19 Kent Street, Rockingham Withers (Bunbury) Great Food Gardens Workshop Friday 19th March 6.30pm - 9.30pm Hudson Road Community Centre, 95 Hudson Road, Withers Busselton Great Food Gardens Workshop Saturday 20th March 6.30pm - 9.30pm Gorgiana Malloy Anglican School, Busselton Great Green Move At Dunsborough Lakes Sustainability Festival Sunday 21st March 10.00am - 5.00pm Stirling Great Food Gardens Workshop Thursday 25th March 6.30pm - 9.30pm Reception Hall, Administration Centre, City of Stirling, 25 Cedric Street, Stirling Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 4Jan 30, 2010 2:46 pm geeze they are even doing one in my town. A pity it's mid morning on a work day. sigh but the others around me sound good. Been hoping they'd get down this way again. Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 5Jan 30, 2010 9:12 pm Thanks for the replys. I've joined the forum and asked the question. I'll see if I get a response in time. In the mean time, If anyone else is following this thread. I've found this guide online. I guess I'll be following this guide unless I hear otherwise. Except I'll use seasol with the watering: Quote: Summer is never the best time to move or transplant garden plants. The sun is too intense and the heat is relentless. However, sometimes you have no choice but to move your plants during the hot months. You can successfully transplant garden plants at any time of the year if you follow a few simple guidelines: 1.Water the garden plants to be dug and/or transplanted the day before your do it. This insures that the whole plant will be hydrated, leaves and all, when it's time to transplant. 2.Dig and/or transplant when it is overcast or during the cooler evening hours. 3.Water the plant immediately before digging or removing from its pot. Soak the root ball so that the soil will adhere to the roots, when it is dug from the garden. 4.Never leave the roots exposed to sun, heat or wind. Don't remove all plants from their pots and place them in the garden. Remove just prior to planting. 5.Water the hole before you place the transplant into it. 6.Place the transplant into the hole and fill it halfway with water. Allow the water to settle the soil around the roots and then finish filling the hole. 7.Lightly firm the soil around the transplant. 8.Once again, water the whole plant, leaves and all. 9.If possible, shield the new transplant from direct sunlight for 3-5 days. Use a floating row cover or lean a board in front of the transplant to block direct sun. Check the plant daily for the first couple of weeks. Transplants will need watering every day, if not more. If it is wilting, water the plant. Depending on the weather and the plant, you may need to water twice a day until it becomes established. The larger the plant and/or the less roots to top growth ratio, the more water will be needed. All of this may seem extreme, but the shock of being uprooted is stressful to plants anytime of year. In the heat of summer, this extra precaution is vital to easing the transition for your transplants. Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 6Jan 30, 2010 11:30 pm Where are you located? Australia is a big place Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 7Jan 30, 2010 11:58 pm http://www.greatgardens.info/main.php I'm sure they've got some good stuff there, but that website is just so awful I had to leave. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 8Jan 31, 2010 1:10 am It can be trying But the brains trust is incredible Especially to answer this question The workshops they do are excellent and the web page is no reflection what so ever on the quality of information they provide people for free. Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 11Feb 03, 2010 12:06 am For those out of the loop here, our member is about to get some highly personalised advice on this issue. To find out what needs to be done follow this http://greatgardens.ning.com/forum/topi ... ruit-trees Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 12Feb 06, 2010 8:51 pm With a wet 21 degree ay forcast for Friday, I bit the bullet and took the day off work to move the two trees. With no car access, just hand tools and a later than desired start, I had both moved and inground (raied beds) by 9pm that night. I went out this morning to give them more water (seasol) more or a prune and bit more mulch. Then headed back to my mates place to clean up the mess I left. A big thanks to Fu to all the help and advice. I'll add some pics and more details later, only time will tell if the move was successful, it's been a very rushed week trying to be well prepared... right now... I'm spent. Re: Help saving mature fruit trees from the chipper (with pics) 13Feb 06, 2010 9:20 pm Well the info you had would have been better than anything found elsewhere in Australia. I am sure they will be fine. Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 14Nov 02, 2010 8:06 pm Well... Nine months later and I would say both moves have been a success. During the warmer months, both trees were heavily mulched and watered and seasoled well. The winter here in Melb was pretty well wet enough to look after them for me. The lemon never really showed any stress. New growth started ealy as did fruit which I plucked off. Now there is plenty of new growth with buds everywhere which have just started to open Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The apple never really responded during the warmer months and by winter had lost the very few leaves left. Early spring came and not alot of action, I though bud were starting to bulge, but it was hard to tell. Then on the last saturday on sept, a couple of buds opened, and it's been a constant show since then. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've been so happy with these results, I've just moved two 8yr old standard cherry blossoms. Thanks again for all the help on here... Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 15Nov 02, 2010 8:44 pm That is fantastic!! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 16Nov 02, 2010 11:09 pm I'll send the link on to Peter. I'm sure he will like to see the fruits of his advice That was barely a lame joke wasn't it fruits...get it .... .... Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 17Nov 03, 2010 7:21 pm Do you want another apple tree zaff? We're just about to chainsaw the one in our backyard. We're also in the SE suburbs of Melbourne. We didn't even want to dig up the stump, just cut it off just below ground level, poison it and let the grass grow over it as it is in one of the only spots in our backyard where decent grass grows. But if you really wanted it we can try to save/replant the grass. Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 19Nov 03, 2010 10:23 pm I can't help saying but why would you rather see grass grow than Apples? Re: Help saving fruit trees from the chipper (new pics 11/20 20Nov 04, 2010 6:11 pm Fu Manchu I can't help saying but why would you rather see grass grow than Apples? It's not really a matter of the grass, I only mentioned it because I'd rather not dig up all the decent grass in the yard just to remove the stump. We have a number of large trees in our smallish backyard, the result of which is there is very little sun. The apple tree is the most logical to remove because of it's location, it will allow more sun into the corner where I want to plant a vege garden. Don't worry, the mature white nectarine and the big grapefruit tree are staying, and I have planted a lemon tree and a lime tree. And then there's the liquid amber and the absolutely enormous tree which I think is some sort of birch. brokers will also be in a position to get you a better rate than the advertised rate most times. 6 7581 A survey must’ve completed by a certified surveyor. 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