12-16-2010, 07:09 AM
Thank you all for the great advice.
I have two monkey pod trees that I'd like to move and also some seagrape - the monkey pods just have leaves at the top as they were starved for sun when growing up, I think. But they are about 15' and would look better in the new spot. They don't look that heavy.
We cut the seagrape back one or 2 years ago and it looks about 15 ft high with leaves from botom to top, so this could provide instant cover. We are across the street from the ocean so have limited choice of what to move. We do want something immediately effective (and not have to wait years for height) so at this point we'll just move what we can find here that is not worth too much as our success rate may be low. Also I would like to move some smaller coconuts which have volunteered themselves all over the place here, so they can act as bushes now, and be cut back in the future if they get too high.
We have a large Hala Tree that would be perfect but the professional tree movers quote was far more than we can afford: 4 hours with a backhoe which would be $800, the cost to get the backhoe here and $450 worth of cinder (10 yards). I would love to try to move that tree too and if it doesn't survive, that's fine, as it's completely blocked by other trees now and does attract coquis. However, it would be the ideal tree to move. I suppose it's just not a job for the home owner and a few helpers though. I wonder if we should attempt it though?
Jason, lovely pictures! I come from the great white north myself - and we had pine trees planted in our back yard. They thrived.
I have two monkey pod trees that I'd like to move and also some seagrape - the monkey pods just have leaves at the top as they were starved for sun when growing up, I think. But they are about 15' and would look better in the new spot. They don't look that heavy.
We cut the seagrape back one or 2 years ago and it looks about 15 ft high with leaves from botom to top, so this could provide instant cover. We are across the street from the ocean so have limited choice of what to move. We do want something immediately effective (and not have to wait years for height) so at this point we'll just move what we can find here that is not worth too much as our success rate may be low. Also I would like to move some smaller coconuts which have volunteered themselves all over the place here, so they can act as bushes now, and be cut back in the future if they get too high.
We have a large Hala Tree that would be perfect but the professional tree movers quote was far more than we can afford: 4 hours with a backhoe which would be $800, the cost to get the backhoe here and $450 worth of cinder (10 yards). I would love to try to move that tree too and if it doesn't survive, that's fine, as it's completely blocked by other trees now and does attract coquis. However, it would be the ideal tree to move. I suppose it's just not a job for the home owner and a few helpers though. I wonder if we should attempt it though?
Jason, lovely pictures! I come from the great white north myself - and we had pine trees planted in our back yard. They thrived.