moving trees!

[treeplanter]

where are you ? if you were in buckinghamshire you could contact buckland landscapes as theyve got a tree spade and could do all the work for you . otherwise leave them till the winter and dig them out to plant bare root , that way easier to move and plant and just one stake per tree

[Gary Prentice]

I've always thought of root pruning when planting as being less about reducing the volume and more about tidying up the damaged ends. It's the equivalent to pruning the top - you could hack off branches and achieve the reduction in volume/length, but if you leave a nice target pruned cut it will tend to heal over more quickly and neatly, leaving it less vulnerable.

 

Alec

 

yes, you should always root prune. or leave if damaged. why? because it encourages new and stronger root systems.

with regards to any additional mycroryzal additives, your pretty much wasting your time if the tree is coming from a woodland environment as it will have the needed fungi attached with the tree and leaf mould its been grown in.

 

Ok, mis-understood the context of pruning. I understand the requirement for pruning damaged roots but for some reason didn't the principle into that context.