Transplanting Your Shrubs
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Occasionally, a shrub is planted in
an area that afterwards turns out to be unsuitable for a number of reasons.
Your shrubs may turn out to be too big, too small for the area, is receiving too
much sunny, or is planted in an area that is too shady.
Shrubs can moved in the
majority of cases to a more suitable place in the
yard, as describe below.
Preparing Your Shrubs For Transplanting
The
optimum time to relocate any shrub is when it is dormant, the middle autumn to
early spring. However, it is recommended that you lessen the shock of relocating
your shrub by preparing them a few months in advance. Start by trimming back the
shrub's branches by roughly a third. This will decrease the quantity of foliage
the shrub has to sustain.
Secondly,
draw the shrub’s branches up into a taut bunch to make room for the next step.
Thirdly,
cut off the long roots around the shrub approximately the same as the spread of
the shrubs branches after you have cut them back. To cut the roots, simply dig
down around the shrub using a square-nosed shovel about every six inches. The
objective is to get the shrub to grow new; shorter roots that will grow into a
healthy root ball by the time you are ready to transplant your shrub. Make
certain to untie the shrub right after you are finished cutting the roots. To
finish preparing for transplanting, water your shrub completely a couple of days
beforehand to moisten the root ball. For a quicker transplant, you can dig your
hole for the shrub in its new location prior to you moving it.
Moving Your Shrub
When
you are prepared to transplant your shrubs, tie up your shrub's branches to keep
them from getting in the way. Dig down around the shrub roughly eight teen
inches in depth; duplicate the circle you made previously to when you cut off
the long roots. Dig a furrow that is adequate to pry up the root ball. Do not
dig into the root ball. Use your shovel as a lever, push it beneath the root
ball, and pull up on the shovel’s handle to free the root ball. Repeat this
procedure all the way around until root ball comes out. However,
to keep the root ball in one piece during the process of transplanting, wrap the
root ball in burlap before removing it from the hole. It is tricky, but you can
spread half the burlap on one side of the root ball, bunch up the other half at
the bottom of the ball, shove as much of it as you can through and then tug it
from the other side as you rock the root ball. Use string to fastened the burlap
to the root ball. If you can pick the root ball, put it into a wheelbarrow to
transfer it. If it is too heavy, roll it onto a tarp. Then you can drag the tarp
with the root ball on it to its new location.
Re-Planting Your Shrub
When
you plant your shrub, you may leave the twine and burlap wrapped around the root
ball because they will decompose. Place your shrub in its new location and fill
it in with soil. Cut off the burlap and twine that is left showing at the top of
the root ball, because burlap can suck moisture away. Remove the string from the
shrub's branches and water the shrub completely. If you are transplanting in
late fall in an area where the climate is colder, keep the roots moist until the
ground freezes up. When spring arrives, you should make sure your shrub gets
sufficient moisture until it is completely established.
The
optimum time to relocate any shrub is when it is dormant, the middle autumn to
early spring. However, it is recommended that you lessen the shock of relocating
your shrub by preparing them a few months in advance. Start by trimming back the
shrub's branches by roughly a third. This will decrease the quantity of foliage
the shrub has to sustain.
Thirdly,
cut off the long roots around the shrub approximately the same as the spread of
the shrubs branches after you have cut them back. To cut the roots, simply dig
down around the shrub using a square-nosed shovel about every six inches. The
objective is to get the shrub to grow new; shorter roots that will grow into a
healthy root ball by the time you are ready to transplant your shrub. Make
certain to untie the shrub right after you are finished cutting the roots. To
finish preparing for transplanting, water your shrub completely a couple of days
beforehand to moisten the root ball. For a quicker transplant, you can dig your
hole for the shrub in its new location prior to you moving it.
When
you are prepared to transplant your shrubs, tie up your shrub's branches to keep
them from getting in the way. Dig down around the shrub roughly eight teen
inches in depth; duplicate the circle you made previously to when you cut off
the long roots. Dig a furrow that is adequate to pry up the root ball. Do not
dig into the root ball. Use your shovel as a lever, push it beneath the root
ball, and pull up on the shovel’s handle to free the root ball. Repeat this
procedure all the way around until root ball comes out. 
However,
to keep the root ball in one piece during the process of transplanting, wrap the
root ball in burlap before removing it from the hole. It is tricky, but you can
spread half the burlap on one side of the root ball, bunch up the other half at
the bottom of the ball, shove as much of it as you can through and then tug it
from the other side as you rock the root ball. Use string to fastened the burlap
to the root ball. If you can pick the root ball, put it into a wheelbarrow to
transfer it. If it is too heavy, roll it onto a tarp. Then you can drag the tarp
with the root ball on it to its new location.
When
you plant your shrub, you may leave the twine and burlap wrapped around the root
ball because they will decompose. Place your shrub in its new location and fill
it in with soil. Cut off the burlap and twine that is left showing at the top of
the root ball, because burlap can suck moisture away. Remove the string from the
shrub's branches and water the shrub completely. If you are transplanting in
late fall in an area where the climate is colder, keep the roots moist until the
ground freezes up. When spring arrives, you should make sure your shrub gets
sufficient moisture until it is completely established.