Transplanting Spruce & Pine in Manitoba: No Starter Fertilizer, Focus on Root Ball

Skip Fertilizer at Planting

Newly transplanted trees need root establishment, not top growth. Fertilizer (especially nitrogen) stimulates shoots the damaged roots can't support.

Width × Depth × 0.05 lbs. Varies with soil type and moisture.

Early fall (early September) or spring (after thaw, before bud break). Summer transplanting = high mortality.

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