When should you transplant privet?
You should consider carefully whether you really want to transplant a privet. Even if the shrub is a Shallow root it forms a very dense root system that is difficult to get out of the ground.
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You can only transplant younger privet without any problems, as the roots are not yet as pronounced here.
With older hedges, the effort is usually not worth it. It's easier if you have a new hedge in the desired location plants. The young plants are very inexpensive and can also be easily pull yourself.
- Move younger privet only
- Transplant in spring or autumn
- cut back beforehand
- water well after repositioning
The best time to transplant privet
In order to move a privet, spring is also well suited to early autumn. Then the soil is usually well moist and there is enough time for the plant to form new roots.
In principle, however, you can transplant the robust shrub at any time, except in winter, as long as you then water sufficiently.
Dig up and move privet
Cut back the privet before digging it out. Prick with the Digging fork into the ground at a distance of about one meter around the bush to loosen it. You won't damage as many roots as you would when digging out with the spade.
Pierce under the roots with a fork and keep lifting the soil up to loosen the root ball from the soil.
Create a new planting hole that is about twice the size of the root ball. Insert the privet as straight as possible, tread in the soil and water it well.
Tips
If you want the privet to disappear from the garden entirely, you have to make sure that you get the root get all the way out of the ground. The shrub will also sprout again from small pieces of root.
