I live in South KY &,I need to know how to transplant a Peach Tree & How to take care of it.?

Answer 1

Transplanting a tree from an existing site at this time would be ill advised at best. Spend this time to prepare both the tree and the transplant site for the operation.
When you go to a reputable Nursery you will find the tree in a burlap and wire wrap ball. You will note that the top of the ball is about the dripline of the tree with the base roughly 25% less. This is how trees are not only transplanted, but, how they survive.
A fruit tree that actually produces fruit should not be transplanted until dormant. An Ornamental Fruit tree can go in the Spring or Fall. It is the prep that decides if it will work!
To insure your success is going to take work. You will need to have on hand a sharp and large straight edge spade.
Select the site of location in a sunny area and accessible to irrigation. Feed the tree, from the dripline out with a 10-10-10 with minerals granular fertilizer every six weeks until transplant.
Since you are in KY you are going to want to prep the tree for transplant around Labor Day. Begin by using the Spade and go around the dripline, cutting toward the base, at a 45 degree angle toward the tree. Remove all limbs from the base to a minimum of six foot off the ground, and, remove all excessive growth (shape) and any dead wood. A reputable Landscape Supplier will provide you with a Summer/Dormant Oil Spray (non-toxic) to apply to the tree.
Measure the diameter of the cuts you have to make for the spade. Dig a hole that is three foot wider than that. Measure the height of the tree, after the pruning, and dig a hole that is either three foot deep or 1/2 the height. Three foot is minimal. Get some Sphagnum Moss, Fert Spikes, and tree stakes.
Every week continue to cut the circle around the tree. The deeper you can go the better the results will be. In Mid-October spray the turf around the tree from base to your cutting edge with Round-Up every other weekend. Meanwhile go back to the new location and stir the welcoming hole.
In Mid-November wrap the main trunk with a tree wrap or burlap from base to the six foot level. Stir the new site again and place three or four tree stakes in the ground outside the hole. Insure you have enough topsoil to fill the bottom 1/4 of the hole and enough to stabilize the tree. Get as many people as you can and go back and using spades at the dripline try to loosen the tree (four people at compass points can generally do it). Let the tree settle for a week.
The weekend after Thanksgiving transplant! Stir the new site and add some topsoil (1/4 of depth). Make sure you have a transport device usable. Use a number of people to free the tree. spade it deep and with vigor, all on one side, then another, a third side, and then the final side. Lay the tree on it's side toward the ground and have someone use a hand axe to remove the tap and other roots. Wrap the roots with either a very old sheet or burlap and transport on a large hand truck or dollie (Refrigerator Dollies are great and have the belts to support it!)
GENTLY place the tree in the new site. Do not tramp down the soil until you have backfilled the hole at least 75%.
Leave the wrappings in place at the 75% mark and center the tree to the new environment. Stake the tree with the guidewires. Fill the remainder of the hole, however, leave the soil level one inch below the original ground level. Make a well of soil three inches from the trunk. Make another well of soil at the edge of the new hole. In the outer well put a small amount of the 10-10-10 with minerals granular fert. Mulch the new location from exterior at three inches and decrease the mulch to 2" at the second mound. At best sprinkle some around the trunk. Despite the season water it for an hour.
In place of watering I would urge you to purchase a product known as a Gator Bag. Despite the season it would do the tree well. It is a self-contained watering unit that you place around a tree and has drip holes that feed the roots. Cost about $20-$30 depending on size. You fill it with a hose and let it do it's business.
Since you already have the fert in the ground and it has survived the winter, remove the wraps, however, leave some where the guywires contact the tree. Use the Dormant Oil, as per manuf guidelines, if you can. For the transplant the next two years are critical. Spray for insects and pest by whatever method you prefer (chemical or organic). There are a wide range of options available. I prefer the Ortho Fruit Tree Spray in spring and the Sevin Liquid thereafter. You may wish to use Bayer or Safer products. Regardless, Use Them!!
Fert with the basic 10-10-10 and minerals granular outside the dripline for at least two years. This will stimulate the new feeding root growth. Do not be alarmed if no fruit truly develops for two or three years. Transplanted trees are in shock and react to it. For example, a Colorado Blue Spruce does not become Blue in coloration for five years after transplanting.
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Answer 2

Transplanting is best done when the tree is dormant but just starting to become active..........so that's February or so. If the tree is small, then digging the rootball will be far easier than if the tree is more than an inch or so in diameter.

You want to take as much of the root system as possible, so plan on a root ball at least 36 inches across and down......which means heavy weight! To keep from breaking the root ball and breaking the roots, you should plan to wrap it as you dig. Burlap is most often used, but any strong cloth would do.

Set it into it's new hole at the SAME depth as it was before, but in a hole at least a foot or two wider......3 feet would be even better. Roots grow out and like fluffed soil. Don't bother pruning the limbs back (you can tie them up during the transplant process but let them loose after). The tree will show you what it can not support at leaf-out. Then remove the dead. This way the tree will have the maximum leaves it can support, not be shorted because you pruned first.

Answer 3

Don't know nothing about transplanting a tree, just wanted to say hello from eastern Kentucky.