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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Transplanting elm trees |
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| Section: | Questoins and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 11, No. 12, December 1931, p. 246. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We have some elm trees 15 years old which we desire to transplant. Should they be transplanted in the fall or spring? Is it necessary in moving them to retain a ball of the earth around the roots? How much should they be watered after they are transplanted?" |
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| Source of Question: | Iowa |
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| Answer/Response: | "Elm trees may be transplanted either the last of October or during November, or in the early spring as soon as the ground is dry enough to handle. In your region probably fal would be the more desirable time, because there is a longer season then when the ground is in good condition for the purpose. The disadvantage of fall transplanting in many sections, however, is the strong, dry winds of winter, which are hard on the vitality of newly planted trees. On soil inclined to be sandy, where one would not have to wait for it to dry in the spring in order to transplant, it is possible that the work might well be done in the spring; yet where hot weather comes on suddenly in the spring and the soil is inclined to be heavy, it is often almost impossible to get trees planted early enough in the spring. If trees are well dug, so that a maximum number of roots are obtained, and these roots are kept thoroughly moist at all times, it is not absolutely necessary that the trees be dug with a ball of earth. It does, however, help the trees as as large as yours to become more quickly established if they are dug with a ball of earth, provided the maximum number of roots are still obtained. Trees 15 years old, newly transplanted in a rather sandy soil, should preferably be watered every four to five days, a liberal soaking being given each time. On heavier soils weekly waterings are generally sufficient. On the latter soils it aids greatly in soaking the soil below the surface if a draintile is sunk vetically 1 foot into the soil so as to carry the water downward." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Recommendations; Timing; Transplanting; Tree maintenance
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1931. Transplanting elm trees. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 11(12):p. 246. |
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