Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: White Pine transfer, 1 by Maackia

Maackia wrote:
My nephew wants to collect some WP from me to make a wind break/screen at his new house. I've got an area I've been thinning out where there are several 4-5' Pines that I will be removing as part of a thinning project for planting of trees and shrubs I'm collecting. Since I've got more White Pines than I know what to do with, I've never felt the need to transplant them. Do they move readily at this size? How large of a root ball would you recommend for the tree in the pic? It's about 5' from a 50' Bigtooth Aspen, and I suspect we'll hit some decent sized roots digging it. I've got hundreds of WP's growing wild out back, but it seems they're either quite small or way too big to move. I'm going to end up cutting these down, and I'd much rather have them be saved and put to use if possible.

Bob