I transplanted my weeping cherry tree to a bigger pot. After only a few hours some of the leaves started to wilt and brown in spots. I think I planted it too deep and it didn't get enough water.
You should transplant in mid to late winter to lessen the chance of transplant shock. You transplanted your tree twice. It seems as though it is in shock. Hopefully it will survive.
Did you plant in an area with too much sun?
We don't have any of these lovelies, but friends who do say they are quite sturdy and rebound from many traumas. It probably went into a temporary shock from two moves. They are a lot like people! Change is stressful. Also like people, they get used to things and settle in. I am told they like sun, lots of space for their roots, and an area that drains well.
Post back with an update on your plant.
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I have two 12 year old weeping cherry trees, and they are too close together. Can they be transplanted and if so how do I do it without killing them?
By Barbara
If they have been there for 12 years, no. Willows have a very extensive and lengthy root system. It would be impossible to get all the roots. We have one we wanted to move further away from where we wanted to put the septic system and the tree man told us no, that to do so, it would kill the tree.
If the roots are intertwined, you could harm one or both.
I had a healthy 2 yr old dwarf weeping cherry tree that I transplanted to the front of my yard that gets plenty of sun. It was out of the ground less then 1/2 hour before replanting. I noticed it started wilting immediately. I planted it with plenty of room for the rootball, a little bonemeal, and watered and mulched it. Within a day the wilted leaves turned brown. Since it was healthy, is this stress and shock, not disease? It's been 2 weeks and nothing has changed. It's fall now, would the leaves come back after winter?
By cwl100
I would have waited until the tree became dormant and then transplanted it. It does seems like it did go into shock sometimes it doesn't take much.
I dug out a small weeping cherry tree from an overgrown terrace. It is about 5 feet tall, with a trunk about an inch+ in diameter. In the process of trying to wrestle out its roots, I managed to lose all the soil around the four prominent roots which I had to tear away from the ground. There were no small roots at all, nothing to really hold a "root ball" together.
Within an hour I had it replanted in a large, deep hole. The hole is dug into pretty hard clay, but the planting soil I used to bed it was good. It's been very hot, however, and it's planted in direct afternoon sunlight. The leaves shrivel during the day and look slightly better at night and into morning before the sun hits it.
We're only on day three of this experiment. If it's leaves don't perk up with very consistent watering, should we assume it has died on the operating table. Seeing those totally bare roots made me think it was a lost cause. Advice?
Thanks.
By Martha
I want to transplant my weeping cherry. It started as a baby sprout. The trunk is only 4 inches tall and 1 inch wide, and has a 6 foot shoot branching off in the right direction (northeast). Right now it is laying on the ground. When I transplant the tree, can I turn the tree to make it stand up. Do I post it, or do I prune the shoot? It is healthy and has many smaller shoots on it.
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