How do u transfer cramp mytle?

Lila
by Lila
Flowers transfer.
  6 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jul 31, 2015
    First why are you transplanting the shrub?
  • Jan Jan on Jul 31, 2015
    do you mean creeping myrtle?
  • Jan Jan on Jul 31, 2015
    Got it, you're going to have to dig way around tree and try to get as much root and dirt as you can. I'd go professionally, that is in getting help
  • Lyn Marino Lyn Marino on Jul 31, 2015
    Do you mean Crepe Myrtle. The bush that grows to about 10 ft. tall and then is cut back in the fall? In the fall cut back about 50%, then prepare new plot and dig up as much root as possible and transplant. Do NOT use fertilizer. Just water frequently.
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jul 31, 2015
    Just a thought since someone responded how to transplant the crepe myrtle they also did not mention when it should be transplanted. What a concept. If you transplant this now it will go into shock. It is better to transplant when the weather is a little cooler. Make sure you give the plant enough time to adjust before winter sets in.
  • Buster Evans Buster Evans on Aug 01, 2015
    I try to do any transplanting in mid to late october... the temperature is starting to cool and there isn't the blaring daytime heat to drain the energy out of the plant... keep it watered for the first 2 weeks then taper off and water as needed (depending on the amount of rainfall you get)... a rule of thumb I was told is " everything grows above ground in the spring and summer, and below ground in the fall and winter" (meaning the root system) if you transplant in the fall it can start putting out new roots , and getting ready through fall and winter to face the spring growth, and summer heat..