How do I go about transplanting a fig tree?

The easiest way I've found to transplant fig trees is to dig up a sucker from the base of the main tree. Or wait until the tree goes dormant in the fall %26amp; dig the whole tree with lot of roots. Spring or fall is the best time to transplant anything. Summer is too hot, stresses the tree %26amp; roots too much %26amp; you'll spend all your time trying to keep it watered.

How do I go about transplanting a fig tree?
Before you think about transplanting your tree, I'd get the tree identified. If it is a F. benjamina, you need to get it out of the ground asap, while you can still move it. Otherwise it will damage your pipes, paths and other structures, as well as those on adjacent properties. Huge tree, huge damage, huge bills. (Of course, you can take cuttings or air layer it, and grow these on for several years as pot plants.)



Watering the roots and spraying the foliage with fish emulsion helps to minimise any transplant shock. You might consider sharpening a spade and cutting a trench along the boundary fence (or just pushing it to its full depth into the ground every foot or so) to sever any grevillea roots that have extended into your property. Do this every year or two and it should slow them down.



Also check out http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/fig.html
Reply:Summer is not a good time to plant any tree. Fall or spring is more ideal
Reply:wrong time of year to transplant any tree anywhere in the united states right now. Obviously you are in the south if it is a fig. Wait until fall to do it. I'm in california and we are 105 right now...nothing transplants well in this heat. Wait til fall, dig up the tree with as much root as possible and intial huge soak and keep it moist for a little while then the usual waterings.

larry