mary .... get serious ...

first off... you will be bleeding from the picea pungens.. its one mean tree.. needle sharpness wise.... and how are you going to tie it up .... to get in there to dig ...

you can buy VALUABLE NAMED VARIETIES in one gallon pots.. and have them planted.. for under 50 bucks total ... delivered to your door ... and plant them in one hour...

or spend 10 hours per tree.. with below a 50 per cent success rate...

where is the wisdom in that ...

look for Picea pungens Hoopsi and a pine of your choice at the link below ...

and look for something with an annual growth rate under 12 inches.. one foot a year is good enough ... that pine of yours is probably doing 2 feet ...

and do it the easy way ...

can either of them.. be harvested fro a unique xmas tree this season???

if so.. then plant in spring...

those trees are simply not worth the effort ...

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

I have a 7-8 foot crabapple I'm moving this fall... it took 2 of us to plant that huge thing a couple years ago... I can only imagine how many it would take to dig it out. I'm just going to get out the chain saw and cut it down. I can only imagine how difficult it would be moving a spruce. Spruces have sharp needles, some more than others. I can't imaging trying to handle one of those or how you would even get in close enough to the base.

It would cost more to have that tree moved than to buy another one. I've seen generic blue spruces in 5 gallon pots at nurseries for under $100.

Thanks to both of you for your advice. And thanks for the link Ken. I will bookmark that site. Okay, I will take them down with the chain saw. :) Sad to have to do this but they are way to close to the house. Best to get them out now before we can't and have to call professionals to take it out.

Best to get them out now before we can't

-===>>> it took me a couple grand to understand.. and use .. the logic of making the decision while i could still do it myself with my own saws ... and a little hard work

ken