Learn how to transplant a magnolia tree or bush and make sure your prized tree will thrive in its new location ...

A gardening expert offers tips for digging up a tree, moving it to its new home and re-planting it — all without killing it.

Do not allow the soil ball to break during the digging, moving, and replanting process. Home gardeners should limit themselves to transplanting small trees. Trees with a trunk diameter greater than 2 ...

It still would be a good idea to cut the tree back before digging it up. Water it well and give it a dose of fish emulsion to help minimize transplant shock, but don't fertilize it.

Q: I have a productive 8-year-old Meyer lemon that's been in the ground for about two years. When and how can I transplant this tree to a more suitable location? R.C., Houston Dig a rootball with ...

When would you recommend is the best time to dig it up and transplant? Answer: This Fall. You can usually replant trees fairly easily up until it's third or fourth year in the ground.

Water it all in well. Transplanting is a fairly traumatic experience for a shrub or a tree but if you look after it, it will be absolutely fine.

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It also can be a verb used to describe digging up and moving a plant that is growing in the ground. Transplanting is on my mind because February is the last month in the ideal transplanting season.

Reed said his crews hand-dig root balls up to about 3 feet across, beyond which they have to resort to a tree spade. How do you measure a tree?