How to Transplant Mature Trees | This Old House

This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook uses muscles and machines to safely move trees to new locations. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Transplant Mature Trees:
- burlap, for wrapping root ball
- jute string
- compost, sand and topsoil, used as backfill
- starter fertilizer

Tools for How to Transplant Mature Trees:
- yellow ribbon, for marking best side of tree
- twine, for trussing tree branches
- pointed shovel, for removing dirt
- spade fork, for excavating around root ball
- crimping tool and metal clips, used to join together pieces of burlap
- forklift
- compressed-air excavation tool, used to bare-root transplant a tree

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