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Hi, I am new here and have a query.

We are moving house in a few weeks so I can have a veg garden and some chickens.

I have a 3yr old cherry tree in my garden now that I would love to take with me (for sentimental reasons - it was planted for my first child and he loves to get the cherries off 'his' tree)

It is about 7 feet hight and has produced fruit 2 yrs running.

Is is possible to move it? If so how and when is the best time? Would I be able to put it in a large pot til I can get it in the new garden as obviously wouldn't be able to get it up, and re-plant it on the same day as the house move.

Thanks for any advice

Janeyo

Hello janeyo and welcome to the vine.

I'm certainly no expert but 7 foot high is quite a manageable size I would say! The tree would be better left until after leaf fall when it is dormant to shift it! You could dig a trench around it now roughly the size of the large pot you intend using to shift it and when the time comes you will only have to chop through at the bottom. Cherry trees tend to spread there roots on the surface so they shouldn't be to deep!

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On a legal note Janey, just so long as you let the purchaser of your property know that you will be taking it.

Plants in the garden are like fixtures and fittings in the house. Unless you stipulate in the contract that the cherry will be taken with you, you may be required/forced to return it, if it was something that had made the purchaser decide to buy your property.

Technicality maybe, but to be belted and braced, make sure the purchaser knows that you will be taking the tree.

valmarg