Transplanting Eastern Hemlock (grow, spring, summer, roots)

[cully]

Somehow they too took off. Didn't plant a one. Want to share them as well. Hate good things to go to waste.

I suppose wait till they are a few feet high. I have some 1' to ...well the 5 footer I'm not going to part with.

And what season to transplant?

Any peculiarities? I've moved some around my yard, most worked, one didn't but these would be to give away so I want to make as few mistakes as possible.

I have read that they might not be sufficiently rooted to tolerate the summer sun if they are transplanted in Spring. Ideas?

[Hemlock140]

They are most likely similar to the Western Hemlock, which are plentiful here. I do bonsai, and collected some from the mountains in August of 2011 on a day that was sunny and 85F. Most were probably 30 years old, with a trunk diameter of 3" but only about 2' high due to winter snow loads, which is why I chose them. If you are careful about it you can move them any time, though winter is the best. I cut in around it until I reached the largest center roots cut them with a saw, then lifted one end of the rootball and soil enough to get a black plastic bag under it. Then tipped it the other way and pulled the bag out the other side, up and around, and taped it tight around the soil and roots. With plenty of water as soon as possible from jugs in my truck, I made the 2 hour trip home where I punched holes in the bottom of the plastic and left it that way, watering regularly for two years. I just potted them up in wooden grow boxes this spring, but again, did not disturb the roots. Here's one of them.