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Moving shrubs from frozen ground

19 years ago

I am having a fence put in next week and I have to remove some bushes from the area that I'd like to keep but the ground is frozen still. Is there any way to do this easily? I was wondering if warm water would loosen it up enough, but would that also hurt the plant?

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vbain
19 years ago
Could you put some black plastic, or clear plastic over it lite a tent, then fill some barrels and buckets with hot water, and create a microclimate?

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