How a transplant is done
Survival depends far more on preparation and aftercare than on the day of lifting.
- Assessment of species, girth, canopy, health and root spread
- Advance root pruning and hardening where the schedule allows
- Canopy pruning to reduce transpiration load
- Root ball preparation, wrapping and mechanical lifting with cranes
- Pit preparation, planting, staking and anti-transpirant treatment
- Scheduled irrigation, nutrition and monitoring through the establishment period
