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Transplanting a living cherry tree to another location or removing a dead tree from the garden is not an easy task: digging up the tree roots.
In order to dig up a cherry tree for any purpose, it is useful to know something about its root system. The tree root consists of a main and several secondary roots, which anchor the tree in the ground and ensure its stability. Even the roots of a long-dead tree remain branched deep and wide in the earth for decades.
Carefully dig up a living cherry tree
Every gardener knows that transplanting trees is, above all, stressful for them. Nevertheless, various circumstances may make it necessary to move a cherry tree to the new place of residence or even to another garden area. If you are careful when digging up, the tree has a good chance of growing in the new place.
Proceed as follows when digging out:
- pierce the ground around the cherry tree in a circle at about 2/3 of the crown circumference,
- note that sweet cherries have deeper roots than sour cherries,
- pierce the resulting ball of earth so far that it completely detaches,
- Cut off the damaged roots smoothly with sharp scissors.
Clearing a dead cherry tree
Many hobby gardeners report in countless garden forums how difficult it is to remove a disturbing cherry tree root from the garden. As a rule, these are very old trees that have to make way for new plantings after they die. Digging alone is rarely enough. In most cases, the use of technology (milling machine, cable winch, excavator) has to be used to help.
If the cherry tree root to be dug up is not that large and does not go very deep, it can be exposed as much as possible and its branches sawn off so that it can be pulled out - with or without technical assistance. The remains of the roots left in the ground will rot over time; if necessary, the quick composter can speed things up here.
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An old, deformed, gnarled trunk of a dead cherry tree can be very decorative with climbing plants and also provide a habitat for many insects.