![]() I tried a much smaller plant (6") but same effect. There was one growing under our deck, growing very well (3 feet), but about to hit the deck, so I tried to transplant that, but couldn't dig down far enough (the tap root was huge). They are native, and i hate to just rip them up and throw them out. Good thing there are alot of these things. I'll wait until the winter and try again. Oh okay, so doing a bunch of things wrong! I didn't use fertilizer, I used a soil conditioner of some type, basically its designed to be mixed half/half with the native soil. One advantage of this method is that you can plant in Winter while the plant is dormant, giving it a good chance to grow the new roots needed in the spring. ![]() Then when it is growing and has definitely recovered I will choose a good spot to plant it in. I always dig as many of the roots up with the plant, and then pot it up in potting compost, water it well and keep it in the shade for a while. There is not really a root ball with a seedling, more a long tap root and a few fibrous roots, and if you haven’t got the majority of these the plant will probably die. Secondly you say that you keep the root ball intact. What am I doing wrong, beyond that?įirstly, what do you mean by “soil additive”, if you mean fertiliser, don’t use it, it will kill seedlings. My thinking is that the maple is getting too much sun for a young plant. I transplant it to a partially sunny spot, keeping the root ball intact, and suppliment the native soil with soil additive (i'm not sure what type, sorry), and put mulch on top. However, whenever I transplant the seedling it dies within days. I would like to transplant some for use as a shrug/tree. Hi all, in my area (Durham NC), there are alot of maples seedlings in our yard.
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