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Moving a cherry tree - yikes!
Hi there - would love some experienced gardening advice.
We have just moved into a house where there is a 7ft cherry tree planted only 2ft from what we think is a plum (or apple?) tree. We would like to move the cherry as they seem to be really cramped up next to each other and don't have space to grow.
We looked at root pruning with the idea that we could do this and move the tree next Feb, to hopefully minimise damage. Does anyone have any experience of this or alternative advice?
Many thanks, Millie
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Hi Millie and welcome
Can you post some pictures to give us a clearer idea of your options? To post photos you need to click on the green tree icon above where you type your post, and follow the instructions.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can have fruiting trees quite close although it depends on the rootstock and the gardening programme Beechgrove just happened to feature this on a recent programme. You can catch it on BBC iplayer
Hi folks - thanks for your advice...it's much appreciated
Here is the pic of the poor old trees - hope you can see it - sorry I don't know why it came out at a 90degree angle!
HI Millie9. I have just moved a cherry tree of a similar size. I had it in a huge home build wooden crate that it had outgrown. I did it last week just before the leaf buds were starting to break. ( well when I say "I" substitute a really helpful lad from the local garden centre as I am of advanced years!). We are far north so things a bit behind up here. It looks as if it is too late to move your tree this year but once it is dormant you would be able to dig it up and reposition it. There are several clips of how to do this on the internet but the main thing is to have the new site prepared beforehand and to take up as much of the root ball as you can. When we replanted mine we did do some judicial pruning of the roots but did not put any compost etc. in the new hole as I was advised this would stop it from pushing out new roots in search of nutriments into the surrounding ground.
Ah right ok - that sounds complicated! Thanks for the tip about compost.