Red Buckeye seedlings

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Mar 31, 2007

I was at my sisters house today and noticed plenty of seedlings around her red buckeye tree. At first I thought they might be suckers, but I can't find any info that red buckeye creates suckers. I'm not sure if she will be living in this house much longer so I would like to transplant some of these seedlings now. How well will they transplant considering they have already leafed out?

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kman_blue (Zone 6b) Apr 01, 2007

If you are careful and dig a wide chunk of soil with them(maybe a 1 1/2' wide and 1' deep bowl shaped chunk), they should do quite well for you. Of course plenty of watering during dry conditions and babying after care will help immensely too.

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Apr 01, 2007

Thanks Kman. It's flooding here today but maybe I can get some dug tomorrow. I'll have to take some dirt with me so I don't leave big holes in my sisters yard lol.

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spartacusaby Hendersonville, NC(Zone 7a) Apr 02, 2007

I've been told that aesculus pavia develops a taproot at a pretty young age, so you might want to dig pretty deep to avoid cutting it. I know many folks don't care for the plant, but I do: hummingbirds love it!

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Apr 03, 2007

Turns out these were suckers, and not seedlings. I got three of them and had to slice finger sized roots to do so. I'm not sure of they'll survive or not but I haven't lost anything if they don't.

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spartacusaby Hendersonville, NC(Zone 7a) Apr 04, 2007

Good luck: hope it works!

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Apr 04, 2007

I dug them yesterday and they still weren't wilted this morning, so maybe that's a good sign.

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spartacusaby Hendersonville, NC(Zone 7a) Apr 05, 2007

Sounds good: I'm told it's a pretty hardy beast as long as you don't trash the taproot.

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passiflora_pink Central, AL(Zone 8a) Apr 05, 2007

I dug some up 2 years ago. The "taproot" looked like a tuber, sort of like a small sweet potato. Most have survived; 2 appeared to die off after planting but a new trunk came up from the roots in both cases; one is blooming this year. I like these trees and so do the hummingbirds.

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