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TOPIC: Digging small roots to Transplant

Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 6 months ago #28395

Hey fellas, (BRAD, HILL, TN, 5, WHIT, LENNO, k-duce, Guy, Billy, HUGH, FRANK, ETC)
I have a bunch of small 3 and 4 year old roots Wild Simulated to transplant from my wild simulated patch that is planted too close together. Also it has way too much canopy and the roots are healthy but small. Often many of the plant tops dry out in September and the roots are hard to find without a plant top. So I was thinking of digging some of them early to transplant while I can still find them. Many are still up in August but some of those are gone by September.

Do you think the growth bud will be mature enough to ensure next years plant top growth if I dig them in August before they disappear.

Latt

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 6 months ago #28397

Latt, I think they should be developed enough by august. I was told by another grower that even the seedlings(1 year olds) will have next years bud by July, and if they go down early from heat/dry they will be far enough along to come back next year. That is in Missouri, I guess it could be different in your area.

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 6 months ago #28399

Latt,

I had the same problem last year and since we don't get snow normally until real late in the season I went to Wal Mart and bought some bamboo skewers for $1.00 per hundred pack. I looked my patches over and found where they were too close together and placed the skewers in the ground to mark where I would dig. Always on the uphill side of the plant. Since it is usually very dry here in the Valley during Fall of the year, I was able to wait until early winter after we had started getting some rain and then I went out and dug right where I had placed the sticks. I got over 300 rootlets and placed them in better locations where they had more space. They came up this Spring and are doing fine. I will do the same thing this year as well. You may not have as much time for this route since you will have snow coming on quicker in your neck of the woods, but there may be some others that want to try it. Good luck with your project.
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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28403

Hey Latt,

I think Hugh is on to something there. Remember, here in Ohio, wild simulated is considered wild by law and therefore is subject to the laws which regulate wild harvesting and more importantly -possession.

I wouldn't be afraid at all to transplant roots that age in August as far as the plant itself goes. However, normally it is pretty dry until the end of September. Waiting might not only avoid any legal complications but also give the transplants a better start.

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28406

Thanks for the advise fellas.
Latt

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28409

I agree with the others Latt... should be fine to transplant them in August (bud spur development wise).

I had a few that I was going to transplant last year, and I marked them with some of those little (wire flag) things in mid summer thinking I would get to moving them some time in the winter months (cooler and no ticks and chiggars to deal with).

The nice little 3 pronger shown below is one that I intended to move, but just never got around to it this winter.



You can see the wire marker (has a little orange flag on top of it) sticking in the ground just up hill from the plant.

This one is in a place where it is getting too much sun now (tree died on the west side of it). It does fine in the spring and early summer, but late summer the extra sunlight is too much for it. Seems to be developing decently anyway... was a small 2 prong last year and a nice little 3 this year.

That would be one advantage to marking them now and moving them later. You could do that when it's cooler and not have to worry about ticks/chiggars, and could basically get to it when you have time.

Good luck with the project.

TNhunter
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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28411

Love the idea of marking them fellas. However, I have so many I am not sure they have enough skewers and flags in Ohio to mark them all. Roots are short on size, but not on root healthiness and quantity.

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28412

Here are a few pics below.

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Re:Digging small roots to Transplant 10 years 5 months ago #28414

I\"ve had patches that bunch up like that Latt. To be honest, they are doing fine without transplanting anything. That was one of the reasons behind the invention of my seeder -to avoid bunching up your plantings by rake and scatter..

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