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The way to Dig Up Flowering Quince

Flowering quince (Chaenomeles ) is also a early-blooming shrub that creates beautiful 1 1/2- to 2-inch flowers in hues of white, pink, orange or red. Following the showy screen, which last only a couple weeks, the plant yields into a tangle of thorny, bare branches. Flowering quince is easy to grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9. You can easily dig up and transfer the plant if needed to transplant or eliminate it from your lawn.

Prepare the brand new area for the flowering quince before digging up the plant, if you intend to transplant it in a brand new site. Choose a sunny site with enough room to accommodate the mature size of a flowering quince, which is generally 6 to 10 feet wide and tall. Dig a planting hole that is 2 to 3 times wider than the root ball, that is estimated in 9 to 12 inches per inch of trunk diameter.

Before digging, eliminate any sticks or other lawn debris from around the flowering quince, so you’ve got a safe, clear work space.

Start digging an area twice the size you calculate the root ball to be. Dig into the ground around the root ball area, moving closer to the roots, until you visit roots.

Use the scoop to dig beneath the root ball and push it up. Hold the tree from its established and tug it to loosen the tree from its hole. Use a scoop to cut any remaining roots and eliminate the flowering quince from the hole.

Wrap the root ball at a sheet of burlap to prevent disturbing the soil ball. Place the plant to a wheelbarrow to move to its new site. Replant in the exact same depth it had been panted prior to removal.

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