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This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook uses muscles and machines to safely move trees to new locations. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Transplant Mature Trees:
burlap, for wrapping root ball
jute string
compost, sand and topsoil, used as backfill
starter fertilizer
Tools for How to Transplant Mature Trees:
yellow ribbon, for marking best side of tree
twine, for trussing tree branches
pointed shovel, for removing dirt
spade fork, for excavating around root ball
crimping tool and metal clips, used to join together pieces of burlap
forklift
compressed-air excavation tool, used to bare-root transplant a tree
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@brooksday8407 3 года назад

An update from the homeowner…. Yes all the trees are still alive and thriving! The pine is an umbrella pine and a beautiful tree! We are so thankful to ATOH crew for the hard work and amazing job that they did!

@venividivici4253 3 года назад

If this was a true comment, how did you get them to come to your house?

@brooksday8407 3 года назад

@@venividivici4253 submitted a question to their website.

@venividivici4253 3 года назад

@@brooksday8407 Cool. Thanks :)

@carltonapartments4902 2 года назад

what was the cost on this project if you dont mind me asking. (ball park)

@Acaidia 2 года назад

Good to hear. Robert knows trees like the back of his hand.

@brocktoon8 Месяц назад

I could watch and listen to Roger all day, every day. I wish there was a Roger playlist with every single thing he's ever done, I'd watch them all! This is a beautiful way to handle trees.

@MrGoobum 4 года назад

homeowner: i want that big tree ova thare and that one over heayuh. cost 4800$

@sumar786 4 года назад

Nice job on the accent.

@AlexWeinheimerReal 3 года назад

A lot more than 4,800 probably 8-10k lots of workers and man hours expensive machines

@heathergarlough5699 3 года назад

Too funny..great accent!

@samw1red805 2 года назад

Cuoohrst

@samueljaramillo4221 2 месяца назад

Dollar sign on the wrong side.

@worldview730 4 месяца назад

Very nice video, not just talk (Lecture) but this old house action as we go style

@TheLinkMedic 9 лет назад

Bet the neighbors were confused, "wasnt that tree over ther- and that one, what the heck"

@worldview730 4 месяца назад

Not mother nature though, she was pissed off about the whole thing

@birgip.m.1236 3 месяца назад

@@worldview730Ma nature was probably confused too!!

@worldview730 3 месяца назад

@@birgip.m.1236 Only humans are confused, Ma Nature is wired for perfection

@icemanxp300 6 лет назад

"This next part of the process is critical". So we make sure to really skim through it fast.

@joli78363 6 лет назад

He actually destroyed the tree in real life, because it was suppose to be done by the air thing...Hashtag #Save a tree 2018

@birgip.m.1236 3 месяца назад

@@joli78363No he didn't. The homeowner gave an update and all the trees are alive & well.

@MrDavePed 2 года назад

Nurseries fail to do an important and simple thing to avoid losing trees to shock. They fail to flag the south side of the tree before they dig it up. If you flag the south side of the tree before you dig it up and are careful to keep that orientation when you plant it you will suffer a lot fewer deaths due to shock. ..

@ilikelampshades6 5 месяцев назад

Why is that?

@sab249 4 месяца назад

@@ilikelampshades6 south facing aka sun facing side. Trees to do 180's in nature unless there is a hurricane or something crazy. Imagine your whole life you got only a tan kn your stomach. Then 25 years later someone turns you over and now your back is getting sun.

@ilikelampshades6 4 месяца назад

@sab249 aww thank you for the explanation

@worldview730 4 месяца назад

What do you mean by flag?

@MrDavePed 4 месяца назад

@@worldview730 Tie a ribbon or spray a little paint etc. to mark the south side.

@mixingaband Год назад

How did they dig under the tree to get the burlap through?

@joelschmierer3544 2 месяца назад

they stapled two burlaps together around it?

@LGraphicsMedia 7 лет назад

Whaaaa?! no taaarrrhhhpp for the soil youre digging up?!

@TNtoolman 10 лет назад

How did they get the burlap under the pine? They probably tipped it, but it would have been better to show the difficulty. They make these big jobs look too easy by not showing every step.

@emtfarva 10 лет назад

They use 2 pieces of burlap there is no burlap underneath

@zahirazeez2665 5 лет назад

wonderful idea

@cooper8318 5 лет назад

Awesome, but that looks hella expensive!

@rayg6510 8 лет назад

was it really worth all that mess and cost to move a tree of that size? I figured maybe a much older tree would be worth it. Oh well.

@emreevo8 7 лет назад

That pine is at least 10 years old, probably more. You can cut it down and plant a new one but that doesn't bring those 10 years back. You can't purchase the time.

@jaouy842 5 лет назад

The older a tree that more likely it would die you are basically cutting half of the tree when transplanting the roots is as wide as the crown of a tree.

@daviddixon7684 4 года назад

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@daviddixon7684 4 года назад

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@daviddixon7684 4 года назад

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@AI2789crg 2 года назад

How to Transplant Mature Trees? Pay a landscaping company (with a lot of very expensive equipment) a TON of money and sit back and enjoy a warm beverage while they do the hard work.

@shepburn4755 5 лет назад

Wait they kept it on the same property? What does it cost to move mature trees from your old home to your new home?

@advancekashmir9846 3 года назад

Yes, same property. Just moved some feet away.

@kehlmeier 2 года назад

How much money did this cost?! Wow.

@samueljaramillo4221 2 месяца назад

How expensive was it to get those two trees relocated?

@prestonorrick4317 5 лет назад

Hey rawguh, how do I get staaaahhhhted??

@chaddeverger3827 5 лет назад

It would of been way cheaper to hire someone with a tree spade. But I am glad you told her to water her trees. We get sooooooooo many people who claim they water their trees but you can clearly tell it haven't been watered at all lol

@troothhertz6297 6 месяцев назад

I am wanting to move a 60 year old conifir horizontalis.. I was going to move it in spring , I was going to feed and water it for a few months cut some foiliage off to help it and then dig it out. However i quite like the air technique. Any advice from anyone has to how to move my horizontalis? My late Dad planted so I want to move it away from my pool as my pool is constantly green in summer from it.😮

@bookguitarguy 5 лет назад

Looks like you moved the pine tree with quite a bit of soil on the root ball, and didn't remove much with the compressed air tool(??). Not sure why you used the phrase, "Bare root transplant". I figured the main purpose was to minimize the weight of the tree (as well as allow fertilizer/new soil to be closer to the root ball), so a bit confused why the root ball wasn't actually "bare". Thanks for the video.

@juiceheadtodd 4 года назад

The umbrella pine was balled and burlaped (aka b&b), the birch was bare root. They showed different techniques.

@gametimebasketballcamps9749 4 года назад

They are also different types of trees as far as dynamic leaf/needle mass is concerned. One is evergreen, one is deciduous (naturally losing leaves during fall and winter months). It looks like rootballs and the major roots on the Pine were kept intact, and even though a bit of soil was lost on the air spaded tree, no trunk damage happened to it or the Pine. And one presumes follow up watering and drainage were good, and the trees were able to re-establish. (Follow up video would be nice)

@insertnamehere5146 3 месяца назад

I assume you had to cut the tap roots right underneath. does that have a impact?

@David-oy6ck 3 года назад

The real question: what strain are these home owners smoking? 🙋‍♂️

@not242 3 года назад

Yeah… I’m just gonna plant a new tree

@rcrbrewster7840 4 года назад

Soooo..... An 8 man crew and multiple pieces of heavy equipment equallying no doubt thousands of dollars to transplant 2 trees? ...

@tigranjamharian132 3 года назад

... to the other side of the yard

@samw1red805 2 года назад

OCD is one helluva drug

@IMakeWhateverVideos235 2 года назад

How do you avoid killing it when u have to cut the tap root

@DanCharlesTrading 3 года назад

Bill Burr would love this guy's accent. Staaaaaht!

@Clarkticus 3 года назад

Staatah Fertehlizah

@matthewjohnston1017 4 года назад

Wow that looks like a lot of work. Personally I would have just cut down.

@AI2789crg 2 года назад

If you have several thousand dollars kicking around to throw at this then it's not hard work at all!

@Chuck59ish 10 лет назад

Expensive way to do it, but they are nice trees.

@chrisfi3d 7 лет назад

Yeah the quicker way is to just pull them out by hand after work.

@robertf6344 3 года назад

Heck with shovels. I'd have one of those trucks with the big tree grabbers hanging off the back, plunge into the ground and pick up that whole tree with the dirt and drive it to its new home.

@fozzybear8878 4 года назад

Absolutely hard work! Amazing stuff.

@srlonigro 4 месяца назад

Add some staaataaah fuhhhtahlayzahh

@courtneylovesmaccompact9047 5 лет назад

And the cost of this?

@wermzer1312 4 года назад

Stop being poor.

@fanny2430 4 года назад

"Okay"

@sumar786 4 года назад

@@wermzer1312 OMG! Thanks for that push, I just stopped and all of a sudden I am filthy rich now.

@benbohannon 8 месяцев назад

Birch, please. Keep your bark on!

@CesarA365 4 месяца назад

😆👍🏽

@ashleystackhouse5628 Месяц назад

Burlap is a waist of time for a root ball that size. It aint falling apart with forks underneath it.

@on4acres 5 лет назад

This is a ton of work and money for these trees. However I think it’s important to note transplanting trees of this size is difficult and there is a good chance the tree doesn’t survive. It may live a year or two but will not make it much longer.

@amilbyleckie7936 4 года назад

Nah, if you dig them at the right time of year, and know how much root to take you’ll do just fine. But you’re right, it is difficult until you know what you’re doing. My companies been transplanting mature trees for over 20 years and have had only a handful of large trees that didn’t survive, and this was almost entirely due to over/under watering. That said the umbrella pine was worth the expense, that’s an expensive plant at 5” caliper. Airspading a multi-stem heritage river birch is not worth the effort IMO.

@brooksday8407 2 года назад

Im the homeowner and the trees are all alive and thriving. We haven't had any problems at all. They did an amazing job!

@on4acres 2 года назад

@@brooksday8407 awesome glad to hear it! Out of curiosity did you have to pay for this or are the costs covered by the show?

@sonnybaker8100 Год назад

@@brooksday8407 hi! I am also curious if you know the cost for a project like this. I realize it will depend on several factors like tree size and the region of the country; ballpark…$10k? $20k? 50k?

@djpoints 4 месяца назад

@@amilbyleckie7936very interesting. Now I'm curious, what time of year is best to transplant a 10 year old pine tree, 9 inch caliper? Is anytime ok as long as excavated root ball is large ie. maintain the 1:10 ratio, and of course proper watering? In other words good chance of success even in summer if you do everything else properly?

@markbenn1907 5 месяцев назад

That’s incredible!

@shutyoassup8377 4 года назад

I have two newer machines but they almost work the same

@projekt679 10 месяцев назад

It was going great until you can hear both of those guys accents. Out of hear at 1:38…

@sammysworld5485 Год назад

To do a big job like this.. hire a landscape professional. I almost killed my self helping a neighbor move a crape myrtle tree & leyland cypress.

@serf6355 Год назад

Oh great another how to that includes expensive equipment I don’t have

@wheelmanstan 4 года назад

They have a vid on here where they moved a 100 year old or more Live Oak, incredible feat. Check it out

@advancekashmir9846 3 года назад

Not a video. But only pics

@joli78363 6 лет назад

He actually told her: get the heck away from the tree so I can finish.. Sarcastically she said okay Roger! 😂😂🤔

@mathewjonurt772 6 лет назад

what time in the video i cant find it

@joli78363 6 лет назад

Hey Matthew, 3:00 she asked if they were making good time ! That's when he replied

@richiepickett9416 2 года назад

That is way too much work for the average person to do in order to move a tree you are better off just cutting your losses and cutting it down you can also buy trees that are further developed if that is your concern when you plant a new one