Need to move a tree ...

[RubySlippers]

Am moving house and want to take a tree with us

it is quite small - probably around 5 ft and spindly (some sort of cherry tree IIRC)

shall i dig it up, and put it in a pot or bin bag - how deep do i need to go to get all the roots etc ...

TIA

My mum oved a tree when she moved house. She got a really big pot and dug up about 1.5 foot of roots with it.
I would say keep it in the post to get over the move, at least until the autumn. Put it somewhere with similar sun/shade in the new garden.

how soon are you moving ?

If you can dig round it now and cut the roots it will then grow new ones close to it - and when you dig it up later it will transplant better.

If you don't have time to do that - dig as big a root ball as you can find - wrap it in hessian sacking if you can, and then in a plastic bag - and make sure you water it. It might be heavy to move.

If you are moving soon - it is quite a good time before it gets growing.

And remember to stake it and give it lots of water for the first year or two.

we are moving in 2 weeks

can i get the hessian from a garden centre? or i could use one of my hessian shopping bags?

yes you can probably get the hessian from a garden centre - I am guessing your shopping bag won't be big enough - but maybe if you cut it up you can wrap it round enough of the ball to help.

we did this with an apple tree. it was all abit hectic. we just dug it up and then it sat in apot for a while and then we shoved it in the ground with LOTS of water. this was around april time.

thanks very much - lots of water and hessian seem to be key