moving a solanum alba, 5 years old, 15ft.

mr · Hazel Tree Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 3

any advice on moving a 5 year old solanum alba, it has a 15 ft tumble over a wall.It will be lost during a construction project so all advice welcome to save this fine specimen

verge · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:25 am Post subject:

Hello there mr.

Two posts with lots of tips on transplanting are here ... http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about773.html
and
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=488

Root pruning a few months before moving is advisable, as is hard cutting back the total extent of the 15ft tumbling stems. Good luck.