Transplanting Sugar Maple or White Birch in Zone 4-5

New Brunswick, Canada (Zone 4-5), snow until mid-late April. Asks best time to transplant sugar maple or white birch.

Timing

As soon as ground thaws, snow gone, just before or at leaf-out.

Procedure

• Root ball: 9-12" wide, 6" deep per inch trunk diameter.
• Protect roots: moist burlap/plastic.
• New hole: 2x rootball, same depth.
• Backfill with potting soil.
• Mulch 3" organic.
• Water well.