Poplar Tree are relatively easy to transplant . Young , pocket-size trees should be uprooted in early give just after the ground has thawed . When replanting the poplar , choose a position that is as similar to the original as possible . This way ( as long as the rootage are kept moist and undamaged ) , the poplar tree will find it easy to align to its new home and will establish itself quickly .
Dig the Poplar
Step 1
Take a sharp spade and prune the base one year before transplantation . Do this in a circle around the tree diagram that is 1 foot in diam for every column inch of diam of the tree diagram ’s trunk . Dig just as cryptic as the radius of the circle . This is intimately done in early spring just after the ground thaws . If your plant is large , crop one side in early spring and the other in late downfall ( after the leave of absence have fall but well before the first hoarfrost ) .
Step 2
Water the territory around the poplar soundly three days before you contrive to transplant the tree .
Step 3
Tie up any low - hanging leg on the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of the transplant to prevent accidental injury or breakage during the move .
Step 4
Mark the side of the trunk that faces the sunlight . Replant the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree so that its orientation to the sun is the same .
Step 5
moil out a ascendent ball 12 inches wider in diameter than the pruning in whole step 1 , using a shrewd spade . If the poplar tree tree is big , you may have to dig a trench around it to get to the bottom of the root chunk . Be sure that all of the tree ’s source are lop before you move it .
Step 6
spread out out a piece of wet gunny expectant enough to completely cover the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s root egg .
Step 7
Remove the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from the hole and place it in the center of the wet piece of gunny . Then wrap the gunny around the rootage ball . Tie it closed with rope or strand .
Planting
ready the planting site . Dig a hole three times wide than the poplar tree ’s root clod and just as deep . Then make full the hole with water and allow it to drain .
Unwrap the poplar Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s root ball and watch its roots . If any of them are damage , kinked or circling , cut them with sterilise pruning shear .
establish the poplar tree in its new position . It should be at the same profoundness and orientation to the sun that it was in in its previous location .
irrigate the soil thoroughly , but do not deluge it . keep on to keep the soil moist to a profoundness of 4 inch until the tree is establish and producing Modern growth .
disseminate a 4 - inch layer of organic mulch around the tree diagram as wide as its drip dividing line . Keep the mulch at least 5 inches away from the base of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
Tip
If the uprooted poplar Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree must be out of the footing for more than one workweek , put a 6 - inch level of moist grunge around the root chunk and keep it in the burlap . Never let the root dry out . Water the roots while they are in the burlap traveling bag if necessary . If the tree will be carry in an uncovered fomite , place a tarp over the tree ’s foliage to keep the wind from drying the tree out .
