Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Ahahah on November 04, 2012, 15:18
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Hello! New to this forum. We have just taken on a new allotment, I shared another one for about a year with a friend at another site but its too far away for us and he is thinking of giving it up. I have there a small apple tree and wondered if I can bring it to the new site? I also have 10 raspberry canes that I am not sure if could b moved too. Any suggestions?
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I should wait untill a period comes along where the soil is neither waterlogged or deep frosted. But this is the time of year to carry out a transplant. Don't forget, a rectangular hole not a cylindrical one.
Cheers, Tony.
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Don't forget, a rectangular hole not a cylindrical one.
Why is that?
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Apparently it encourages the roots to find the corners and make their way out into the new soil rather than going round and round and in on themselves :)
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This is a very good article on how to plant trees
http://forestfloor.co.nz/ff/plantingarticle.htm
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Does this mean I am going to have to find some square plant pots for my new apple trees, which I am planning to put in containers? :unsure:
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Thanks, so perhaps next weekend after the supposedly good weather thats coming. Fingers crossed.
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Personally I'd wait until the leaves have been shed, which is the ideal time for pruning too.