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[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Hi Betsy,
     We've had good luck doing that.  Be sure to water well before digging.   
 Hector Black
, zone 6 middle tn

On Jun 29, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:

> I have a very vigorous 1 foot high root sucker in my pawpaw bed. My plan 
> is to wait until leaf drop, cut all lateral roots with a sharp shovel 
> about 1 foot from the stem. Then after leaf drop in fall 2014, lift the 
> root ball out, capturing as much tap root as I can manage and transplant 
> it to its new location.
> 
> What do folks think of my plan? Does anyone have experience 
> transplanting root suckers? I would love input as I do have to eliminate 
> this plant in its current location, and I would like to use it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC Where all the fruit tastes watery because of our abundant rains
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