Hello all,
We're about to move house and my other half gets all stupid and nostalgic about not wanting to leave things behind when we go. This stupidity has now extended to her wanting to keep 2 fruit trees we planted in the garden 6 years ago.
One is an apple tree and the other is a pear, and although they only cost a tenner each from B&Q they've grown well and produce fruit every year. The apple tree is around 10 feet tall now, and the pear tree about 13 feet.
I think that we're more likely to kill the trees by trying to dig them up and move them, but my girlfriend is insistent that she would rather take the risk than leave them.
Can anyone provide guidance as to whether the trees could be move without killing them, and if so, roughly how much digging am I going to have to do to get the roots out?
Cheers
Andy
We're about to move house and my other half gets all stupid and nostalgic about not wanting to leave things behind when we go. This stupidity has now extended to her wanting to keep 2 fruit trees we planted in the garden 6 years ago.
One is an apple tree and the other is a pear, and although they only cost a tenner each from B&Q they've grown well and produce fruit every year. The apple tree is around 10 feet tall now, and the pear tree about 13 feet.
I think that we're more likely to kill the trees by trying to dig them up and move them, but my girlfriend is insistent that she would rather take the risk than leave them.
Can anyone provide guidance as to whether the trees could be move without killing them, and if so, roughly how much digging am I going to have to do to get the roots out?
Cheers
Andy