Best time to transplant conifers?

[MNAaron]

Ok guys I am planning on transplanting some 1-3 ft tall conifers sometime next year. When is the best time?

 

[MNAaron]

That is what I thought as well however had a few people tell me to do it in the fall when they go more dormant. Thanks once again Stu

 

[sandbur]

I have about twice as much success with spring planting as compared to fall.

 

[MNAaron]

Thanks guys

 

[John-W-WI]

Non-evergreens don't mind fall planting... But it's spring only for me on evergreens.

-John

 

[Jim Timber]

What's the reasoning behind the preference for spring on conifers?

 

[strawhead]

We also have had limited success with planting in the fall. I think a big part here is our hard winters and the transplants just not able to get enough strength back before winter.

 

[Jim Timber]

My Norway Spruce are either a pigmy variety, or my soil sucks, and those were all spring planted.

I've got a red pine growing in the swamp along the trail I keep meaning to move and was thinking of doing it before the freeze. It's grown more than any nursery tree I have.

 

[Jim Timber]

I'm amazed this one hasn't drown.

My swamp is the only natural conifers I have. All the others were my doing.

 

[Jim Timber]

I hope the issue I have is lack of sun. The trees planted in Shrub Henge still only get a couple hours of direct sun a day.

Once the rifle range is cut, that'll change, but for now I'm seeing 5" growth a year.