Free crepe myrtle tree - you dig
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Comments (12)Hi Susiewrenn. Please see here Here... addressing newbie and newer member issues for getting an email link and a location set up in your profile and a link on your Member Page. I see a member in a reply above, did not notice that you had placed it in a reply. Most members find it most handy to get it from a Member Page, than to have to search for a post to get an addy. Sue...See MoreHAVE: 2 dark pink crepe myrtle & 2 tall holly trees
Comments (0)They are in the ground. Someone has to dig up the trees & take them. That's the trade. This is in houston, tx....See MoreCrape/crepe myrtle off-shoots can I dig up and replant?
Comments (4)I'll bet you added that plastic border fairly recently. Either that or you cut a root while weeding. The baby formed from a severed root of the larger crape. the root system of the baby tree probably mainly radiates out away from the parent tree, so you can keep that in mind when you go to dig it up. I'd try to get at least a foot of root length (based on my guesstimate of size from the picture and assuming root structure similar to what I'd expect in this situation). Crape myrtle root divisions are pretty easy to transplant. Just take your time and get a reasonable amount of root as you remove your baby crape. You may also want to be careful not to cut a lot more of the parent tree's roots in the process of digging up the baby. I'd give this job a rating of easy. P.S. Be careful to get down deep enough to get a good piece of root. Depending on various factors, the bulk of the root system on some of these can be deeper than what you might expect from a seedling of similar size....See MoreWhen to dig up Crepe Myrtle
Comments (3)you gotta do.. what you gotta do.. when you can do it ... find large pots [many nurseries have recycle piles].. dig them up ... pot them .. and put them in FULL SHADE.. until the proper planting season ... bloom will probably immediately fail.. but that is not important.. water deeply.. and let near dry in between ... and as noted.. get permission.. do not presume ... the potting media might be important.. if you have a budget for such .... soil in pots can be tricky. but if this is short term.. it will probably work ... i would then plant them.. when day heat falls.. and night temps are cool.. but will defer to anyone in TX as to timing ... ken...See Moreian_wa
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